Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, And Alice Waters Changed Our World

  • Author: Andrea Barnet
  • Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 19:17:07
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Synopsis

Four influential women we thought we knew well—Jane Jacobs, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters—and how they spearheaded the modern progressive movement

This is the story of four visionaries who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together, these women—linked not by friendship or field, but by their choice to break with convention—showed what one person speaking truth to power can do. Jane Jacobs fought for livable cities and strong communities; Rachel Carson warned us about poisoning the environment; Jane Goodall demonstrated the indelible kinship between humans and animals; and Alice Waters urged us to reconsider what and how we eat. 

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. While they hailed from different generations, Carson, Jacobs, Goodall, and Waters found their voices in the early sixties. At a time of enormous upheaval, all four stood as bulwarks against 1950s corporate culture and its war on nature. Consummate outsiders, each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture.

All told, their efforts ignited a transformative progressive movement while offering people a new way to think about the world and a more positive way of living in it. 

Chapters

  • 001 Visionary Women

    Duration: 18s
  • 002 Preface

    Duration: 13min
  • 003 Introduction

    Duration: 37min
  • 004 Chapter 01 Part 1

    Duration: 01h08min
  • 005 Chapter 01 Part 2

    Duration: 01h09min
  • 006 Chapter 01 Part 3

    Duration: 01h07min
  • 007 Chapter 01 Part 4

    Duration: 38min
  • 008 Chapter 02 Part 1

    Duration: 50min
  • 009 Chapter 02 Part 2

    Duration: 01h51s
  • 010 Chapter 02 Part 3

    Duration: 01h03min
  • 011 Chapter 02 Part 4

    Duration: 01h07min
  • 012 Chapter 02 Part 5

    Duration: 45min
  • 013 Chapter 03 Part 1

    Duration: 01h06min
  • 014 Chapter 03 Part 2

    Duration: 47min
  • 015 Chapter 03 Part 3

    Duration: 33min
  • 016 Chapter 03 Part 4

    Duration: 37min
  • 017 Chapter 03 Part 5

    Duration: 01h05min
  • 018 Chapter 03 Part 6

    Duration: 25min
  • 019 Chapter 04 Part 1

    Duration: 44min
  • 020 Chapter 04 Part 2

    Duration: 01h07min
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