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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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petition for universal suffrage
the petition was part of the first national drive to focus on women's voting rights and includes signatures of some of the most advocates at the time -
Women Marching in Suffragette Parade, Washington, DC
The Woman Suffrage Procession on 3 March 1913 was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for political purposes. -
petition from the women of Georgia of protesting the women's suffrage amendment
citizen of Macon Georgia sent this petition to congress asking them to vote against the women's suffrage amendment. -
US Congress created the National Park Service
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Nineteenth amendment to the united states consitution
a congressional joint resolution proposing the nineteenth amendment. the federal women's suffrage amendment is passed by the house of representatives in Sante. it is then sent to the states for ratification -
Tennesse's ratification of 19th Amendment
Tennessee was the 36th out of the existing 48 states to ratify this amendment allowing women the right to vote -
H.J. Res. 1 Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution extending the right if the suffrage to women
Congress approved a resolution in 1919 proposing a Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution to grant women suffrage. Following the amendment's ratification in 1920, women could legally vote in national elections for the first time, though many were still limited in exercising the vote by state laws based on race. -
H.J. Res. 75, proposing an equal rights amendment to the consitution
equal rights amendment introduced to congress for the first time, introduced by congressman daniel Anthony. his amendment failed over 1,000 times -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas becomes the first women elected to the U.S Senate
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950) was an American politician who became the first woman elected to serve a full term as a United States Senator. Caraway represented Arkansas. She was the first woman to preside over the Senate. -
Frances perkins becomes the first female Cabinate member appointed secretary of labor by president Franklin D Roosevelt
Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the 4th United States secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
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E. Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Lucy stone ask friends to send petitions for women's suffrage
Stanton and her colleague, Susan B. Anthony, were more than advocates for votes for women – they sought a wholesale social revolution. With roots firmly planted in the temperance and abolition movements, both Stanton and Anthony pushed women's rights in a more radical, political direction. -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
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U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
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U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
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U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation