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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
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The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
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US Congress created the National Park Service
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born
Born into a jewish family, Ruth went to a conservative jewish synogague in her early years. Studied the torrah and learned hebrew. -
Ruth graduated with a bachelors from Cornell
Ruth graduated with a bachelors degree at 21 years old. -
Ruth had her daughter
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Ruth started Harvard
One year after having her first child Ruth Bader Ginsburg began going to Harvard. -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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Earth Day – April 22., millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day organized by Gaylord Nelson, former senator of Wisconsin, and Denis Hayes, Harvard graduate student. US Environmental Protection Agency established
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RBG Co-founded the American civil Liberties Union
Ruth Bader Ginsburg worked alongside others to work gender based cases and took on aproximatly 300 cases in one year. -
Her last court appearence before the Supreme Court
Her last case was Duren v. Missouri, she was advocating the fact of Jury-duty wasn't mandatory fpr women as men and thus she did not stand for the gender biased treatment. Especially as jury duty is a citizens duty. -
RBG was nominated for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
President Jimmy Carter nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a seat onUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
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RBG made it to the Supreme court
President Clinton nominated Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the Supreme Court -
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases
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U.S rejects Kyoto Protocal
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was added to the Womens Hall of Fame
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was inducted into the womens hall of fame and continued to be given titles such as woman of the year for years after as well. -
RBG was the last woman standing
Ruth became the only female in the supreme court after Justice Sandra Day O'Connor retired
