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Three hundred people attend the first convention held to discuss women's rights, in Seneca Falls, New York. 68 women and 32 men sign the "Declaration of Sentiments," including the first formal demand made in the United States for women's right to vote: "...it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise."
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In Salem, Ohio, women take complete control of their women's rights convention, refusing men any form of participation apart from attendance
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton first meet, on a street corner in Seneca Falls, New York.
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October 15–16, 1851: Second National Woman's Rights Convention held in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Fourth National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Women in Kansas are granted the vote in school board elections
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The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified, including the word "male" for the first time in the Constitution.
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Women in Wyoming become the first to vote following the granting of territorial status.
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The 19th Amendment is quietly signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, granting women the right to vote.