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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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The First National Woman's Rights Convention
The first National Woman's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Massachusetts, attracting more than 1,000 participants. -
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
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The Civil War
The Civil War begins in the United States and women’s rights advocacy grinds to a halt until the war ends in 1865. -
The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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Victoria Woodhull addresses the U.S. House of Representatives
Victoria Woodhull addresses the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, arguing that women have the right to vote under the 14th Amendment -
The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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Minor v. Happersett
The Supreme Court ruled in Minor v. Happersett that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee women the right to vote. Citizenship does not give women voting rights, and women’s political rights are under individual states’ jurisdictions, the Court determines. -
Declaration of Rights for Women
Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage disrupt the official U.S. Centennial program at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, presenting a “Declaration of Rights for Women.” -
Introduction the Woman Suffrage Amendment into Congress
California Senator A.A. Sargeant introduces the Woman Suffrage Amendment into Congress. It includes the language that would eventually become the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
The National Association of Colored Women is formed
The National Association of Colored Women is formed with the goal of achieving equality for women of color. The association brings together more than 100 black women's clubs. Leaders include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, and Anna Julia Cooper. -
The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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Formation of the Congressional Union for Women's Suffrage
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union for Women's Suffrage. Their focus is lobbying for a federal constitutional amendment to secure the national right to vote for women. -
First woman elected to the House of Representatives
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. Woodrow Wilson states that the Democratic Party platform will support suffrage. -
US Congress created the National Park Service
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The Women's Suffrage Amendment is introduced in Congress in 1878
The Woman Suffrage Amendment, originally written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in Congress in 1878, is passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is then sent to the states for ratification. Wisconsin and Illinois are the first states to ratify. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
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Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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he 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