People
The founder of Ms. Magazine.
Gloria Steinem
The most influential national organization promoting the ERA.
NOW
This event ended the political career of Gerald Ford.
Pardoning Richard Nixon
The Year of Roe v. Wade
1973
These were refugees from Vietnam who came to the U.S. (and other places) in any way possible.
Boat People
The author of The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
Part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that most affected women's sports.
Title IX
The event that made Americans doubtful about the future of nuclear energy.
Three-Mile Island
The year of Nixon's resignation.
1974
He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution.
Ayatollah Khomeini
The most influential advocate for migrant farm workers.
Cesar Chavez
The most influential union promoting the civil rights of migrant farm workers.
United Farm Workers
The event that created the foundation for the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty.
Camp David Accords
The year of the fall of S. Vietnam.
1975
The earliest act of Congress that gave significant power to the EPA.
Clean Air Act
The most influential advocate for consumers' rights in the 1960s and 1970s.
Ralph Nader
The Native American group who seized Wounded Knee, SD in 1973
AIM (American Indian Movement)
The event that crippled the Carter presidency.
Iran Hostage crisis
The year of the Iran Hostage crisis.
1979
Evangelicals discovering communications technology.
Televangelist
The author of Silent Spring.
Rachel Carson
The most powerful and intrusive federal regulatory agency.
EPA
The event that made it possible for N. Vietnam to defeat S. Vietnam in 1975
Watergate
The year of the Arab Oil Embargo
1973
NY community that became the impetus for the Superfund.
Love Canal