Womens+Suffrage

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In 1920 women earned the right to vote when the 19th Ammendment was passed

In 1848 the first women's rights conference was held at Seneca Falls, New York. The women sign the "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" which outline the main issues and goals of the women's rights movement including voting rights and equal treatment of men and women under the law.

By 1913 Alice Paul had brought new light to the suffrage movement by founding the Congressional Union (National Women's Party). In the following years large suffrage marches and parades would draw attention to the movement and in 1916 a petition with nearly half a million signatures was pushed into congress.

In 1919 Congress passed the suffrage Ammendment and it was sent to the states. On August 26, 1920 the 19th Ammendment was adopted.