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Philadelphia committee
led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution. -
Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth
these women made sure us women were just as equal as men -
elizabeth blackwell
she was the first women to graduate from medical school and became a doctor for the united states -
sojourner truth
she delivers her famous speech "aint i a women?" speech at the womens rights convention in akron ohio -
Henry David
publishes Walden -
The term ecology
is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel -
suffrage movement 19th amendment
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffrage Association, which coordinated the national suffrage movement. -
The legislature of the territory of Wyoming
America’s first woman suffrage law, granting women the right to vote and hold office. -
The term acid rain
is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain -
The term smog
is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution -
US Congress
created the National Park Service -
Margaret Sanger
she was the first to open the first birth control clinic in the united states -
jeannette rankin
a longtime activist with the national women suffrage assiocation is sworn in as the first woman elected to congress as a member of the house of representatives. -
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
declaring “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” -
amelia earhart
she became the first woman to and second pilot ever to fly solo nonstop across the atlantic -
rosa parks, civil rights, equal pay
she was the first black women to refuse to give up her seat to a white man on the bus -
Rachel Carson
publishes Silent Spring -
The Apollo 8
picture of Earthrise -
First Earth Day
April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established -
Montreal Protocol
on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force -
The Kyoto Protocol
was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide -
U.S. rejects
the Kyoto Protocol -
U.S. announces
it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation -
U.S. announces
it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation