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Attempts to regulate Water pollution
Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. -
The start of women rights
July 1848 Women made an attempt to start a Women rights movement in Seneca Falls, NewYork. -
publishes Walden
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden -
Ecology
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
Womens suffrage Assosiation
Found by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady and grouped with american womens suffrage group. -
Women sufferage law
Women sufferage law was passed -
Acid Rain
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
Smog
The 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 -
Birth Control Clinic
Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the United States. -
First Women Elected To Congress
Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a longtime activist with the National Woman Suffrage Association, is sworn in as the first woman elected to Congress as a member of the House of Representatives. -
Rosa Parks
Black seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. The move helps launch the civil rights movement. -
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring -
Equal Pay Act
President John F. Kennedy signs into law the Equal Pay Act, prohibiting sex-based wage discrimination between men and women performing the same job in the same workplace. -
Apollo 8
The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise -
First Earth Day
First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established -
Steps to quality
Title IX of the Education Amendments is signed into law by President Richard Nixon. It states “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." -
Legal Rights to abortion
In its landmark 7-2 Roe v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects a woman’s legal right to an abortion. In June 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling. -
Ozone Layer
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force -
Carbon Dioxide Emission
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide -
U.S rejection
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol -
Paris Climate Change
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation -
Paris Agreement
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation -
First Women of color Vice president
Kamala Harris is sworn in as the first woman and first woman of color vice president of the United States. "While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last," Harris said after getting elected in November.