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The right of women to vote was first seriously proposed at a women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY, in 1848
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The Ballot Act 1872 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections in the United Kingdom be held by secret ballot
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In 1874, Carrie married David A. Nation, an attorney, minister, newspaper journalist, and father, 19 years her senior
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organization formed on February 18, 1890 to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States.
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She directed the NAWSA and founded the League of Women Voters (1920) to bring women into the political mainstream.
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.