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First Wave Feminism 1848-1920 Women's Right to Vote

It all began with the Seneca Falls Convention - the idea that women should be granted the right to vote. Envisioning a future in which gender equity would be a reality, these forward-thinking women established the foundation from which all other subsequent feminists movements have arisen.
From Seneca Falls to the Nineteenth Amendment: 1848-1920
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are most commonly associated with women's suffrage. Yet so many other women dedicated themselves to securing women's right to vote as part of a movement that fought for decades.

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