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Publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Silent Spring was a book written by environmentalist Rachel Carson in 1962 and was credited for support to the American environmental movement. The book won many awards like bestseller ones and it many talked about the effects of pesticides on the environment. -
Publication of Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan wrote this book in 1963 as part of the Womens Rights Movement. The book was widley credited as the beginning of the second-wave feminism. The book discusses the lives of several housewives who were unhappy. -
Congress passes Clean Air Act
A US federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. It requires the EPA to develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from airborne contaminants known to harm the human health. It was the first major environmental law to be passed in the US. -
UFW's Nationwide Boycott
The UFW started a nationwide boycott of grapes picked on nounion farms that lasted more than five years. The boycott started when the Agricultural Workers Organizing Comittee in Delano California walked off the grape growing farms demanding wages equal to minimum wage. Cesar Chavez and a few others that led the Mexican-American National Farmworkers Association joined the boycott eventually. By 1970 the UFW had succeeded in reaching a collective bargaining agreement with grape growers. -
Publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed
The book is about accusing car manufacturers of resitance to the introduction of safety features. It talks about safety features like seat belts and their general reluctance to spend money on improving safety to cars. The book made Nader a household name. -
NOW is founded
NOW stands for National Organization for Women and it was a feminist organization. There was 28 people that helped find the NOW including Betty Friedan who also became the first president for NOW. The main goal for NOW was to bring women into participation in the mainstream of American society. -
Woodstock Music Festival
The Woodstock music festival was a peacful demonstration with performances by major rock bands. The festival took place in Upper State New York and lasted for 3 days. It was an act part of the counterculture in the 1960s. There has been a few more concerts at Woodstock over the years to celebrate the famous music festival. -
First Earth Day Celebration
April 22, 1970 was the very first Earth Day celebration that we continue to celebrate today where events are held all around to help demonstrate support for environmental protection. Philadelphia and New York City were two cities that contributed to the first Earth Day celebration by gathering many people in those cities together to celebrate. -
The EPA is established
The EPA stands for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and is an agency of the US federal government. It was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. President Richard Nixon proposed the EPA. -
Roe v Wade Case
A landmark decision by the US Supreme Court on the issue to legalize abortion. The Court made its decision on January 2, 1973 with a 7-to-2 majority vote in favor of Roe. Roe v Wade has made a national debate that still continues today on more issues about abortion being legalized. -
Protesters from the AIM take over the reservation at Wounded Knee
The Wounded Knee incident began on February 27, 2973 and ended on May 8, 1973 in South Dakota . There was 200 Ogala Lakota and followers of the AIM that seized and occupied Wounded Knee. Dennis Banks lead the AIM. The AIM fought against US Marshals Service, FBI agencies , and other law enforcements for 71 days. The AIM chose to occupy Wounded Knee because of the symbolic value of the 1980 Wounded Knee massacare.
