Here's where Carson's The Sense of Wonder first appeared, as a magazine article. It wasn't published as a book until after she died. The magazine, Woman's Home Companion, began in 1873 and ended the year after Carson's article was published.
My Hypothesis (see Losing Victories Already Won):
is that despite Carson having won a National Book Award, etc., she is remembered in the public consciousness as the battler against DDT and big Ag Industry, rather than the woman who offered a deep wisdom for living in the world. I see this as a sign post in the anti of environmentalism today. I plan to research every instance of mention of Carson within Science magazine, and see if any mention her other work and if so how.

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