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Era of Activism
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Publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Carson's book was on the harmful effects and often controversial use of pesticides and their effects on the enviroment. -
Publication of Betty Friedan’s "Feminine Mystique"
It is often cited as the founding moment of second-wave feminism. The book highlighted Friedan's view of a coercive and pervasive post-World War II ideology of female domesticity that stifled middle-class women's opportunities to be anything but homemakers. A survey she conducted of her classmates indicated that many felt depressed even though they supposedly enjoyed ideal lives with husbands, homes, and and children. She wrote this to tell people about how magazines, ect. make women fell worse. -
Publication of Ralph Nader’s "Unsafe at Any Speed"
This book warned the American public of how dangerous some automobiles that were being sold and manufactured, -
NOW is founded
NOW is a women's organization that now has over 500,000 members it was made in an effort to get the ERA passed. -
UFW’s Nationwide Boycott of Grapes Picked on Nonunion Farms
The UFW's first target was the grape growers of California. Chávez, like Martin Luther King, Jr., believed in nonviolent action. In 1967, when growers refused to grant more pay, better working conditions, and union recognition, Chávez organized a successful nationwide consumer boycott of grapes picked on nonunion farms. Later boycotts of lettuce and other crops also won consumer support across the country. -
The Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Festival was a peaceful festival where rock music was played and cops chose not to do anything about people using drugs. -
First Earth Day Celebration
Earth day was created this day and is still celebrated today it is to raise awareness and stop pollution. -
EPA is established
EPA is established to keep our enviroment safe and to monitor things such as the air and water. -
Congress Passes the Clean Air Act
Act that has the EPA make sure certain requirements are meant in the air. -
Supreme Court Rules to Legalize Abortion in the Roe v. Wade Case
Decision leagalizing abortion depending on the stage of pregnancy. -
AIM Take Over the Reservation at Wounded Knee
Protesters take of the reservation until the government reviews the massacre and treaties.
