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Hetch Hetchy Environmental Debates


Between 1908 and 1913, America witnessed its first national debate over environmental preservation when the growing city of San Francisco, California proposed building a dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley.
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Universal Suffrage


Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were determined to include women in any constitutional changes being considered in Congress. They organized the campaign that marks the first national petition drive to feature woman suffrage among its demands.
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