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The Philadelphia committee, which was lead by Ben Franklin, came together to attempt to improve waste collection and reduce water pollution.
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In the 1840's abut 10% of women started to go to work outside of their homes. They worked in factories with their families along with some of their children. By 1850, the number of women that went out to work increased by 15%
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Henry David Thoreau's book, Walden, is a reflection on Thoreau's living and his natural surroundings.
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Haeckel defined the term "ecology" as the "body of knowledge concerning the economy of nature".
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Susan B. Anthony and Staton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to focus on fighting for a women's suffrage amendment to the Constitution.
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Robert Angus Smith used this term during his investigation of rainwater chemistry near industrial cities in England and Scotland.
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"Smog" was used by Dr. Henry Antoine des Voeux in his paper "Fog and Smoke"
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Over 5,000 women marched in Washington D.C. in order to push for women to gain the right to vote.
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This secured new conservation direction by creating a National Park Service and System with a resource protection goal.
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Jeannette Rankin became the first women elected to Congress. She represented Montana which at the time, was one of multiple states that granted women full voting rights before the 19th amendment.
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The 19th amendment was passed by Congress which guaranteed women the right to vote
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Silent Spring explains how agricultural chemicals, pesticides, and other modern chemicals polluted our streams, damaged bird and animal populations, and caused severe medical problems for humans.
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Prohibits discrimination in the work force and promised equal pay for same work regardless of race and gender.
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Astronauts on the Moon were the first people ever to see Earth rising from the Moon
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Shirley Chisholm became the first Black women to be elected to Congress. She was also the first Black women to get a major party nomination for president in 1972.
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Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day established by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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Allowed everyone, including women, to not be excluded from any participation and not be denied from any benefits of education or activity receiving Federal financial help.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Constitution protects women's rights to have abortions
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There, countries committed to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
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Parties of the Protocol meet once a year to make decisions aimed to ensure successful implementation of the agreement.
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US Senate refused to ratify it Bill Clinton's agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, citing potential damage to the US economy required by compliance.
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The U.S. military removes a ban that prohibited women to serve in any combat positions
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Trump announced the U.S. will cease all participation in the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate change mitigation.
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Biden signed and executive order to rejoin the Paris Agreement on his first day in office.