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Seneca Falls is the first conference in the United States dedicated to women's rights, and it is here that the idea that women should have the right to vote is first presented.
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The National Women's Suffrage Association is founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in New York.
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National Women's Suffrage Association and NWSA merge to form National Women's Suffrage Association
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The Women's League of London, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, begins a campaign to fight for women's suffrage in the UK.
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The first hunger strike in prison by a suffragette, Marion Wallace Dunlop, takes place in England.
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The Women's Social and Political Union was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in the United Kingdom.
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Suffragettes begin marching in Washington DC, resulting in the arrest of many women.
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The British government passes the Electoral Reform Act, giving some women the right to vote.
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Suffragettes in the UK are released from prison because of women's participation in the First World War.
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The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, giving women the right to vote nationwide.