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The Women's Suffrage Movement

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One of the first major civil rights movements in the United States began with the women’s suffrage movement in the 1848 with the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls (1). It was organized by women who had been active in pursuing temperance and abolition, and called attention to the way women were treated as less than full citizens. Suffrage was pursued for decades, not gaining much influence until 1917 when the National Women’s Party picketed the White House and gained national attention.(2). They endured abuse, imprisonment, and force feeding during their hunger strikes. Ultimately their efforts culminated in the Nineteenth Amendment being ratified in 1920, allowing women the right to vote (3). Described as the Supreme Court decision

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