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Seneca Falls Convention
Seneca Falls Convention was a meeting created by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. They discussed social, civil, and religious conditions and the rights of women. The meeting was held in Seneca Falls, New York, and lasted two days.
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Civil War
The Civil War caused Women's rights to be stopped as the women were focused on aiding the soldiers. Many women helped as nurses or spies. Some women had to stay home and learn how to take care of things on the farm.
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11th National Women's Rights Convention
During this convention the American Equal Rights Association was created. The members present wanted to achieve suffrage for both African-Americans and American women.
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was important in all of the women's rights. She was arrested for voting during the 1872 election. She refused to pay bail and applied for habeas corpus. She ended up not going to jail.
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Amendment
In 1878, a Congress member proposed that women's right to vote should be a part of the Constitution. The Amendment that would have been the 1878 Amendment was worded the exact same as the amendment in the Constitution is today. This Amendment was denied at first then ratified forty one years later.
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National American Women Suffrage Association
The NAWSA was created when the NWSA and the AWSA were merged together. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first president of the movement. The association focused on suffrage at a state level.
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Wyoming
Wyoming was the first state that allowed women to vote. Before that the Territory of Wyoming was the first part of the United States to allow women to vote.
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President Wilson's Inauguration
President Wilson's inauguration day will be remembered because of the mobs that took place. Alice Paul was the leader of the suffragists. The suffragists included eight thousand people, and they attacked abusive crowds as they passed.
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Jeannette Rankin
She was the first person in history to be elected into Congress. She was elected to the House of Representatives. She served two terms, and ended up the president of a Committee of Women's Suffrage.
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Ratification
The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920. The amendment allowed women to vote. When the United States was founded, the Constitution said that women were not able to vote.
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