01565cam a2200277 4500 503786020 TxAuBib 20190129120000.0 170709s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062310729 0062310720 TxAuBib Barnet, Andrea. Visionary women : how Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters changed our world / Andrea Barnet. New York, NY : Ecco, [2018] xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color.) Includes bibliographical references (pages [455]-464) and index. Age of wreckers and exterminators -- Rachel Carson -- Jane Jacobs -- Jane Goodall -- Alice Waters -- Hope in the shadows. This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. With a keen eye for historical detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman's career and explores how their work collectively changed the course of history. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture. 20190129. Carson, Rachel 1907-1964. Jacobs, Jane 1916-2006. Goodall, Jane 1934- Waters, Alice. Women Biography.