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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
The book documented detrimental effects of pesticides on the environment, particularly on birds. -
Publication of Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique
In 1963, Betty Friedan's groundbreaking feminist book, The Feminine Mystique, hit the shelves. In her book, Friedan discussed her discovery of a problem that had formed within post-World War II society that she called, "the problem that has no name." -
Congress passes the Clean Air Act
Congress established much of the basic structure of the Clean Air Act in 1970, and made major revisions in 1977 and 1990. Dense, visible smog in many of the nation's cities and industrial centers helped to prompt passage of the 1970 legislation at the height of the national environmental movement. The subsequent revisions were designed to improve its effectiveness and to target newly recognized air pollution problems such as acid rain and damage to the stratospheric ozone layer. -
Publication of Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed
Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile by Ralph Nader, published in 1965, is a book accusing car manufacturers of resistance 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
NOW was founded on June 30, 1966, in Washington, D.C., by 28 people attending the Third National Conference of State Commissions on the Status of Women, the successor to the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. -
UFW’s Nationwide Boycott of grapes picked on nonunion farms
Cesar Chavez organized UFW’s first successful nationwide consumers boycott of grapes picked on nonunion farms. It was in 1967, after the growers refused to give more pay, better working conditions, and union recognition, that this boycott began. -
Woodstock
The Woodstock Festival was a three-day concert (which rolled into a fourth day) that involved lots of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll - plus a lot of mud. The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 has become an icon of the 1960s hippie counterculture. -
1st Earth Day
Earth Day was created to tell the people of America to pay more attention to the pollution. -
The EPA is established
Born in the wake of elevated concern about environmental pollution, EPA was established on December 2, 1970 to consolidate in one agency a variety of federal research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection. Since its inception, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people. -
Supreme Court rules to legalize abortion in the Roe v. Wade case
The Roe v. Wade decided by the U.S Supreme Court, case rulled to make abortion legal. -
Protesters from the AIM take over the reservation at Wounded Knee
American Indians took over Wounded Knee to protest against the american govenment. It lasted 71 days and there were a few gun fights.
