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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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Sojourner Truth delivers her "Ain't I a Woman" speech
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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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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffrage Association
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The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
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1905 — 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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Woman win the right to vote
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Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
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The Equal Pay Act passes
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The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
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Earth Day
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 -
Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, and Betty Friedan form the National Women's Political Caucus
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Title IX Prohibition of Sex Discrimination
Nixon signed the Education Amendment that prohibits discrimination in academic activities based on sex. -
Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade makes abortion legal
Civil case were plaintiff wanted an abortion in Dallas, Texas -
The Supreme Court bans sex-segregated "help wanted" advertising
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Establishing National Commission for the Observance of International Women's Year 1975
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Sandra Day O'Conner becomes first woman to serve on the Supreme Court
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Montreal Protocol
Substance that deplete the ozone layer entered into force that -
The Kyoto Protocol
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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
