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Lear's archival materials on Carson and Potter are held by the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections & Archives at Connecticut College, established in 2008. The college awarded her its Goodwin-Niering Center Alumni Environmental Achievement Award in 1999.
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while teaching environmental history in the 1970s. She conducted over 300 interviews over 15 years, eventually meeting Carson's former assistant,
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in 1997; two years later it received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize from the
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in 1974. From 1963 until 1965 she chaired the history department of the
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Lear is also the author of introductions for editions of Carson's
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Harold L. Ickes: The Aggressive Progressive, 1874–1933
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Lost Woods: The Discovered Writings of Rachel Carson
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She published her biography 117:Lear developed an interest in 53:, Lear received her A.B. from 1: 608:Biologists from Pennsylvania 558:Historians from Pennsylvania 73:. An assistant professor at 63:George Washington University 176:, Holt (New York, NY), 1997 75:New Mexico State University 624: 568:Columbia University alumni 563:Connecticut College alumni 543:American women biographers 445:Charleston Library Society 354:– via Open WorldCat. 135:History of Science Society 523:American women historians 441:"By the Book: Linda Lear" 147:Lakeland Book of the Year 71:National Cathedral School 420:collections.conncoll.edu 416:"Lear-Potter Collection" 395:collections.conncoll.edu 391:"Lear-Carson Collection" 593:Writers from Pittsburgh 35: 195:, Beacon Press, 1998. 33: 267:www.rachelcarson.org 242:www.encyclopedia.com 83:United States Senate 201:The Sense of Wonder 59:Columbia University 55:Connecticut College 209:Under the Sea-Wind 36: 470:www.lindalear.com 370:The Safina Center 67:Vail Deane School 16:(Redirected from 615: 481: 480: 478: 476: 462: 456: 455: 453: 451: 437: 431: 430: 428: 426: 412: 406: 405: 403: 401: 387: 381: 380: 378: 376: 362: 356: 355: 353: 351: 330: 324: 323: 321: 319: 305: 299: 298: 296: 294: 284: 278: 277: 275: 273: 259: 253: 252: 250: 248: 234: 21: 623: 622: 618: 617: 616: 614: 613: 612: 503: 502: 490: 485: 484: 474: 472: 464: 463: 459: 449: 447: 439: 438: 434: 424: 422: 414: 413: 409: 399: 397: 389: 388: 384: 374: 372: 364: 363: 359: 349: 347: 332: 331: 327: 317: 315: 307: 306: 302: 292: 290: 286: 285: 281: 271: 269: 261: 260: 256: 246: 244: 236: 235: 222: 217: 189: 164: 159: 115: 87:Beinecke Fellow 47: 45:Life and career 39:Linda Jane Lear 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 621: 619: 611: 610: 605: 603:Beatrix Potter 600: 595: 590: 585: 580: 575: 570: 565: 560: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 530: 525: 520: 515: 505: 504: 501: 500: 489: 488:External links 486: 483: 482: 457: 432: 407: 382: 357: 325: 300: 279: 254: 219: 218: 216: 213: 197: 196: 188: 185: 184: 183: 177: 171: 163: 160: 158: 155: 139:Beatrix Potter 125:, and editor, 123:Shirley Briggs 114: 111: 107:South Carolina 46: 43: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 620: 609: 606: 604: 601: 599: 598:Rachel Carson 596: 594: 591: 589: 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 574: 571: 569: 566: 564: 561: 559: 556: 554: 551: 549: 546: 544: 541: 539: 536: 534: 531: 529: 526: 524: 521: 519: 518:Living people 516: 514: 511: 510: 508: 499: 495: 492: 491: 487: 471: 467: 461: 458: 446: 442: 436: 433: 421: 417: 411: 408: 396: 392: 386: 383: 371: 367: 361: 358: 346: 342: 338: 337: 329: 326: 314: 313:hssonline.org 310: 304: 301: 289: 283: 280: 268: 264: 258: 255: 243: 239: 233: 231: 229: 227: 225: 221: 214: 212: 210: 206: 205:Silent Spring 202: 194: 191: 190: 186: 181: 178: 175: 172: 169: 166: 165: 161: 156: 154: 150: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 120: 119:Rachel Carson 112: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 44: 42: 40: 32: 19: 18:Linda J. 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Linda J. Lear

Pittsburgh
Connecticut College
Columbia University
George Washington University
Vail Deane School
National Cathedral School
New Mexico State University
American Association of Retired Persons
United States Senate
Beinecke Fellow
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bethesda
Maryland
Charleston
South Carolina
Rachel Carson
Shirley Briggs
Paul Brooks
History of Science Society
Beatrix Potter
Lakeland Book of the Year





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