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Publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin on 27 September 1962.The book is widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement.When the book Silent Spring was published, Rachel Carson was already a well-known writer on natural history, but had not previously been a social critic. The book was widely read—especially after its selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the New York Times best-seller list—and inspired widespread public concerns -
Publication of Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique, published February 19, 1963 is a nonfiction book written by Betty Friedan. It is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States. The Feminine Mystique, conducting interviews with other suburban housewives, as well as researching psychology, media, and advertising. -
Publication of Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed
by Ralph Nader, published in 1965, is a book detailing resistance by car manufacturers to the introduction of safety features, like seat belts, and their general reluctance to spend money on improving safety. It was a pioneering work, openly polemical but containing substantial references and material from industry insiders. It made Nader a household name. -
NOW is founded
27 women and Betty Friedan found NOW, which is the United States largest feminist organization. Betty later that year was elected president of her new organization. The pompous of NOW is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all the privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men. -
Woodstock
was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel, in Sullivan County, is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, in adjoining Ulster County. -
First Earth Day celebration
is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. -
The EPA is established
The EPA was established as an independent agency of the U.S. government. The first EPA administrator, William D. Ruckelshaus, was sworn in on December 4, 1970. The date should be registered as one of the most important environmental milestones of the 20th century. EPA has really done aside from making a bunch of rules and regulations that slowed so-called progress. Their record within the first decade of their formation speaks to their effectiveness. -
Congress passes the Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act of 1970 greatly increased Federal powers to to enforce air pollution abatement programs. The legislation was intended to protect and enhance the quality of this Nation's air resources and to protect the health and welfare of the general public. It directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify and publish a list of known air pollutants. The legislation directed the EPA Administrator to establish national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for th -
Supreme Court rules to legalize abortion in the Roe v. Wade case
was a landmark, controversial decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests for regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting the mother's health. -
UFW’s Nationwide Boycott of grapes picked on nonunion farms
Located in California the acts goal is to “ensure peace in the agricultural fields by guaranteeing justice for all agricultural workers and stability in labor relations." This act, in California encourages the right of agricultural employees to have full freedom of association. Established rules and authorized regulations similar to those of National Labor Relations Act. -
Protesters from the AIM take over the reservation at Wounded Knee
AIM is also known as Native American Activist this was an organization made in the United States. This movement gathered its people from around the country like broken treaties, championing Indian unity. . The national AIM agenda focused on spirituality, leadership, and sovereignty. Thousands of volunteers emerged from reservations and cities alike, responding to the call within themselves that the time had come to take a stand against centuries of mismanaged U.S. government trust
