Women's Rights History + Environmental History

By nicoleabbott

  • Philadelphia Committee

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Walden

    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • Ecology

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
  • Woman Suffrage Law

    Woman Suffrage Law

    Wyoming passes the first woman suffrage law, giving them the right to vote and hold office.

  • 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

  • Park Service

    US Congress created the National Park Service
  • First Birth Control Clinic

    First Birth Control Clinic

    Margaret Sanger opened the first clinic in Brooklyn, which was deemed illegal and she eventually closed it. She ended up forming the American Birth Control League afterwards.
  • First Woman in Office

    First Woman in Office

    Jeannette Rankin was sworn into Congress as a member of the House of Representatives.
  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    First woman and second pilot ever to fly solo across the Atlantic.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery.
  • Birth Control Pill

    Birth Control Pill

    FDA approves first commercially produced birth control pill in the world.

  • Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
  • Equal Pay Act

    Equal Pay Act

    Signed by JFK, prohibiting sex-based wage discrimination.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    Johnson signs Civil Rights Act into law, with Title VII banning employment discrimination based on sex, race, religion, or national origin.
  • NOW

    NOW

    Betty Frieden, author of Feminine Mystique, helps found the National Organization for Women.

  • Apollo 8 Mission

    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
  • Roe v. Wade

    Roe v. Wade

    Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects a woman's right to abortion.

  • Montreal Protocol - Ozone

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

  • Kyoto Protocol - Carbon Dioxide

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • Kyoto Protocol - US

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • Paris Agreement

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

  • Paris Agreement - Rejoin

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