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Salem Witch Trials
Women who were assumed to be "witches" would be burned or hung -
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Convention for Women's rights
300 people attended the first convention for women's rights in Seneca falls. -
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First licensed woman physician in the U.S.
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes first women to become a licensed physician -
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School board elections
Women is Kansas are granted the vote in school board elections -
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Women's suffrage proposal
Kansas puts a women's suffrage proposal on the ballet, the first time the question goes to a direct vote, it loses. -
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Women's suffrage amendment
Federal women's suffrage amendment is first introduced in congress by senator S.C. Pomeroy of Kansas -
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First to vote in territorial status
Women in Wyoming become the first to vote following the granting of territorial status. -
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Illegal Voting and consequences
Susan B. Anthony is tried for voting illegally and is convicted and fined $100, which she refuses to ever pay. -
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Women's suffrage vote defeated
The first vote on women's suffrage is taken in the Senate where it is defeated. -
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American federation of labor
The American federation of labor declares support for a women's suffrage amendment -
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women's suffrage parade
The first suffrage parade is held in New York City organized by the women's political union -
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Women able to vote
The congress ratified women's ability to vote on August 18, 1920