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Rachel Carson’s Quiet and Powerful Leadership

HBR On Leadership

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Carson's Story of Overcoming Challenges

In 1925, it was highly unusual for women to graduate from college in the field of zoology. Carson's family is struggling financially back home so she brings them to live with her. She starts working in a lab to earn extra money to support them. But eventually she drops out of the PhD program.

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