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  Women who were assumed to be "witches" would be burned or hung
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  300 people attended the first convention for women's rights in Seneca falls.
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  Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first women to become a licensed physician
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  Women is Kansas are granted the vote in school board elections
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  Kansas puts a women's suffrage proposal on the ballet, the first time the question goes to a direct vote, it loses.
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  Federal women's suffrage amendment is first introduced in congress by senator S.C. Pomeroy of Kansas
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  Women in Wyoming become the first to vote following the granting of territorial status.
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  Susan B. Anthony is tried for voting illegally and is convicted and fined $100, which she refuses to ever pay.
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  The first vote on women's suffrage is taken in the Senate where it is defeated.
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  The American federation of labor declares support for a women's suffrage amendment
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  The first suffrage parade is held in New York City organized by the women's political union
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  The congress ratified women's ability to vote on August 18, 1920