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In Salmen, Ohio women take complete control of their women's rights convention, refusing men any form of participation apart from attendence.
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First National Woman's Rights Convention is held in Worcester, Massachusetts. It draws 1,000 people, and women's movement leaders gain national attention.
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Eleventh National Woman's Rights Convention is held. The American Equal Rights Association is formed at the end of the convention, and the members pledge to achieve suffrage for both women and black Americans.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares herself a candidate for Congress from the 8th Congressional District of New York and eventually loses.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury publish the first edition of The Revolution, which becomes one of the most important radical periodicals of the women's movement, although it circulates for less than three years. Its motto: "Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!"
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In Vineland, New Jersey, 172 women cast ballots in a separate box during the presidential election, inspiring similar demonstrations elsewhere in following years.
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The American Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and other more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage, focusing on amending individual state constitutions.
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Victoria Woodhull becomes a presidential candidate on her own ticket.
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Susan B. Anthony is arrested in New York for a ballot with 15 other women.
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Susan B. Anthony is tried for voting illeagally, is convicted and is fined $100 which she refuses to ever pay.
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Wyoming is admitted to the Union, becoming the first state since New Jersey (1776–1807) to grant women full enfranchisement in its state constitution.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City, where more than 100 people died (mostly females including teens) results in the largest female strike
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The largest suffrage parade to date marches down Fifth Avenue in New York City. 10,000 people, including perhaps some men, paraded past 150–500,000 onlookers.
