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Philadelphia committee tries to regulate waste disposal and water pollution
The Philadelphia committee, which was lead by Ben Franklin, came together to attempt to improve waste collection and reduce water pollution. -
Women Started Going to Work
In the 1840's abut 10% of women started to go to work outside of their homes. They worked in factories with their families along with some of their children. By 1850, the number of women that went out to work increased by 15% -
Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden
Henry David Thoreau's book, Walden, is a reflection on Thoreau's living and his natural surroundings. -
Term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Haeckel defined the term "ecology" as the "body of knowledge concerning the economy of nature". -
National Womens Suffrage Groups Formed
Susan B. Anthony and Staton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association to focus on fighting for a women's suffrage amendment to the Constitution. -
Term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain
Robert Angus Smith used this term during his investigation of rainwater chemistry near industrial cities in England and Scotland. -
Term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution
"Smog" was used by Dr. Henry Antoine des Voeux in his paper "Fog and Smoke" -
Women's Suffrage Parade
Over 5,000 women marched in Washington D.C. in order to push for women to gain the right to vote. -
US Congress created the National Park Service
This secured new conservation direction by creating a National Park Service and System with a resource protection goal. -
First women elected to Congress
Jeannette Rankin became the first women elected to Congress. She represented Montana which at the time, was one of multiple states that granted women full voting rights before the 19th amendment. -
Women earn the right to vote
The 19th amendment was passed by Congress which guaranteed women the right to vote -
Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
Silent Spring explains how agricultural chemicals, pesticides, and other modern chemicals polluted our streams, damaged bird and animal populations, and caused severe medical problems for humans. -
Congress Equal Pay Act
Prohibits discrimination in the work force and promised equal pay for same work regardless of race and gender. -
Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
Astronauts on the Moon were the first people ever to see Earth rising from the Moon -
First Black Women is Elected to Congress
Shirley Chisholm became the first Black women to be elected to Congress. She was also the first Black women to get a major party nomination for president in 1972. -
First Earth Day
Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day established by the US Environmental Protection Agency. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments signed
Allowed everyone, including women, to not be excluded from any participation and not be denied from any benefits of education or activity receiving Federal financial help. -
Roe vs. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Constitution protects women's rights to have abortions -
The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan
There, countries committed to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide -
Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force
Parties of the Protocol meet once a year to make decisions aimed to ensure successful implementation of the agreement. -
U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol
US Senate refused to ratify it Bill Clinton's agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, citing potential damage to the US economy required by compliance. -
U.S. Military Allows Women to Serve in Combat Positions
The U.S. military removes a ban that prohibited women to serve in any combat positions -
U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
Trump announced the U.S. will cease all participation in the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate change mitigation. -
U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation
Biden signed and executive order to rejoin the Paris Agreement on his first day in office.