# Another "Worst" Thread: 20th-Century Woman?

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**Created:** [June 1, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worst-thread-20th-century-woman/306354 "2005-06-01T13:06:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-worst-thread-20th-century-woman/306354/9 "2005-06-01T14:01:55Z")

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**Rachel Carson**. Her book ‘Silent Spring’ was instrumental in the banning of DDT - which caused tens of millions of deaths that could have been prevented.

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