This program will be hosted online via Zoom. Please register in advance via info@foelchicago.org. Limited to 100 attendees; first-come, first-served basis. If space is available, you’ll receive a Zoom link the day before the program. The recorded program will be available online. Please view the Zoom tutorial Join a Zoom Meeting prior to the program so you’re ready to Zoom with us on time. When you join for the first time, we recommend that you give yourself approximately 15 minutes to get set-up.

Please Note: This program will be recorded. By registering you are giving Friends of the Edgewater Library permission to use your image and voice as a part of that recording and its future use online without any expectation of remuneration, now or in the future. If you have privacy concerns, you may mute your audio and video, or choose not to register for this program. If you have any questions, please email us.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.  — Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Rachel Carson
Photo courtesy of Library of America

In recognition of Earth Day, join us for Rachel Carson: The Woman Who Launched the Environmental Movement with performance artist Leslie Goddard as Rachel Carson, author of “Silent Spring.”

Leslie Goddard
Photo by Karen Kring

As many of you know, Leslie has appeared at many area libraries as portraying a variety of historical women - from Amelia Earhart to Eleanor Roosevelt and more.

She has also lectured on many of the icons of the past and present, such as Remembering Marshall Fields, The Colorful History of the Little Black Dress and others.

Leslie’s artistry is a unique combination of a historian by education and performance artist by avocation.

This event is presented by Friends of the Edgewater Library, Edgewater Village Chicago, and Edgewater Branch Library.