Koritsky Era of Activism

By emily.koritsky
  • Publication of Rachel Caron's Silent Spring

    Publication of Rachel Caron's Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson wrote a book about the environment and how we are effecting it.
  • Publication of Betty Friedan's "Feminine Mystique"

    Publication of Betty Friedan's "Feminine Mystique"

    Feminine Mystique is a book about the widespread unhappiness of women in the 1950s and early 1960s. It discusses the lives of women across the United States and their unhappiness with their role in society.
  • Clean Air Act was passed by Congress

    Clean Air Act was passed by Congress

    This act was passed to control the pollution that was put in air.
  • UFW's Nationwide Boycott of grapes picked on nonunion farms

    UFW's Nationwide Boycott of grapes picked on nonunion farms

    Chavez ordered people to not buy grapes that do not have a union name on them and this started the boycott of grapes.
  • Publication of Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed"

    Publication of Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed"

    A book written about the safety and troubles of cars. Ralph wrote the book to bring awareness to the unsafety and damage that cars are causing to us and the environment.
  • NOW is founded

    NOW is founded

    NOW was founded by Betty Friedan to make legal, political, social, and economic changes in society to elimate sexism and end all oppression.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock

    Woodstock was a huge venue in New York that tons of hippies went to to see huge performers.
  • First Earth Day Celebration

    First Earth Day Celebration

    This day is supposed to demonstrate a good way of taking care of the environment. It was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson.
  • The EPA is Established

    The EPA is Established

    EPA was established to protect the envirnonment.
  • Supreme Court rules to legalize abortion in Roe v. Wade case

    Supreme Court rules to legalize abortion in Roe v. Wade case

    Roe v. Wade was a court decisioin that determined the views on abortion. It took three years to finally legalize and decide that abortion would be allowed under certain circumstances.