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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first big event in women's rights movement. It was held in Seneca Falls, New York. Many Men and Women took part in this protest. This jump started the women's rights movement in America.
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Formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Accused the fourteenth and fifteenth of discriminating against women.
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The American Woman Suffrage Association was founded by Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell. This organization focused on voting and were less radical than the NWSA. Later merged with National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Wyoming first state to pass law that allows women over 21 the right to vote.
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Law requires federal jobs to pay women equal pay for equal work. Not extended to private and state jobs until Equal Pay Act of 1963
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Anthony Arrested for attempting to vote in NY.
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NWSA and AWSA merged to form National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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72yrs after the Seneca Falls Convention, the 19th Amendment is passed. This amendment gives women the right to vote.
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Law requires equal pay must be given to men and women preforming the same job. This also includes race, color, nationality and religion.
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