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important events in women history

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  • regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
  • "Declaration of Sentiments,"

    "Declaration of Sentiments,"

    Three hundred people attend the first convention held to discuss women's rights, in Seneca Falls, New York. 68 women and 32 men sign
  • Sojourner Truth delivers her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech

    Sojourner Truth delivers her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech

    She was born a slave, well known anti-slavery speaker during the historic Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851, Truth delivered her most famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech.

  • Walden

    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • ecology

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel.
  • Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffrage Association

    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffrage Association

    women struggled to win the right to vote in the U.S, two women came together to fight even harder;Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association
  • The Woman's Journal debuts

    The Woman's Journal debuts

    adopted as the official paper of the National American Woman Suffrage Association

  • acid rain

    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • term ecology is coined

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • term smog is coined

    he term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • National Park Service

    US Congress created the National Park Service
  • first woman elected to Congress.

    first woman elected to Congress.

    Jeannette Rankin of Montana is formally seated in the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Women win the right to vote

    Women win the right to vote

    Women’s suffrage was ratified, granting women the right to vote in the U.S.
  • women the right to vote

    women the right to vote

    The 19th Amendment is quietly signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, granting women the right to vote.

  • Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • Apollo 8

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • First Earth Day

    Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
  • National Women’s Political Caucus

    National Women’s Political Caucus

    The Caucus was formed in order to support, recruit and train women who are seeking a space in public office.
  • Gloria Steinem starts Ms. magazine

    Gloria Steinem starts Ms. magazine

    It was the first magazine to honestly address and open up discussions revolving around women’s issues.
  • Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor is nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court

  • Montreal Protocol

    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • Kyoto Protocol

    Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • Paris Agreement on climate change

    U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation