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Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"
In this book, she talks about chemical pesticides, particularly DDT. -
Publication of Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique
Caused a sensation in the suburbs of America. It adressed the women who had everything that society said they should want. -
Ralph Nader;s "Unsafe at any speed"
Nader drew attention to the people by explaining the issues of automobile safety. -
NOW is founded
These women were frustrated that existing women's groups were unwilling to pressure the equal employment commission to take women's grievance more serious. -
Woodstock
Festival tht hippies would go to to isten to music and have fun -
Congree passed the "clean air' Act
Was a response to public concerns about air pollution , this was designed to controll the pollution caused by industries. -
First Earth Day celebration
organizers stressed the important role that Americans could play in improving awarness of environmental issue and in bringging an end to environmental issues. -
the EPA is established
The environmental protection agency wascreated to help make the planet more environmentally healthy. -
Supreme Court Rules to legalize abortion in the Roe vs. Wade
The justices based their decisions on the constitutional right to personal privacy, and struck down state regulation of abortion in the first 3 months of pregnancy. -
AIM takes over the reservation at wounded knee
the armys seventh calvary massacred more than 200 Sioux men, women, and children
