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Women in Science and Health
Margaret Mead
Mead was one of the world's most accomplished cultural anthropologists, introducing the western world to the ways of live of native cultures in remote areas of the globe.
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First American Woman in Space
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Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space when the shuttle Challenger takes off on June 18, 1983. The historical moment is noted in communication just after liftoff.
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Margaret Mead Speaks at First Earth Day
Margaret Mead Speaks at First Earth DayAudio Clip (0:42)
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On April 22, 1970, noted anthropologist and outspoken environmentalist Margaret Mead inaugurates the first Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems.
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Radio Astronomy Points to Extraterrestrial Life
Radio Astronomy Points to Extraterrestrial LifeAudio Clip (4:21)
Audio Clip (4:21)
In a 1960 broadcast, a Voice of America reporter interviews Dr. Campbell Wade of the National Radio Astronomical Observatory about his discoveries analyzing radio waves to see 1 billion light years into space and about the possibility of life on other planets.
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Roe v. Wade Decision Announced
Roe v. Wade Decision AnnouncedAudio Clip (0:44)
Audio Clip (0:44)
On January 22, 1973, ABC Evening News anchor Howard K. Smith announces the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision in the Roe v. Wade case, which ruled unconstitutional a Texas state law that prohibited abortion.
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Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court
Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme CourtAudio Clip (0:56)
Audio Clip (0:56)
On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announces his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. When Sotomayor was sworn in on August 8, she became the first Hispanic justice to serve on the Supreme Court.
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Ozone Hole Recovery
Ozone Hole RecoveryAudio Clip (0:26)
Audio Clip (0:26)
A 1986 study of the South Pole determined the cause of a hole in the ozone layer and led to an international treaty banning the production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Twenty years later, in an August 23, 2006, report, a scientist from the original expedition discusses the ozone’s slow recovery.
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