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The first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY. The convention was organized by five white women, notably Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The goal of this convention was to advocate for women's legal rights, to choose what to do when they are married, their right to be represented in government, and all this for black women also. Primarily, all options for men to be extended were demanded in Elizabeth Stanton's controversial reading of the Declaration of Sentiments. -
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to receive her medical degree in America. Elizabeth graduated from Geneva Medical College at the top of her class. Inspired by a friend's medical experience of neglect from a male doctor.
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Wyoming passed the first woman suffrage (Suffrage: the right to vote in political elections) law on December 10, 1869, and women voted for the first time in 1870, this is fundamentally imortant to womens rights because Wyoming prompted other states to consider giving this right to their states too. After Wyoming passed this law Colorado followed in 1872, and Utah and Idaho followed in 1896. Suffragists from all over went to other states to advocate for further expanded rights.
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The 19th Amendment (simplified) states that 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. This new wording was an amendment (19th), but the original wording remains the same in the Constitution, saying States have control over voting. The whole reason why the 19th Amendment was created to take the power away from the states controlling polls, allowing women to finally vote.