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Highlights of the Suffrage Movement
It was 72 years from the Seneca Falls convention in 1848 to the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.
When wealthy property-owner Margaret Brent asks for the right to vote in Maryland, in 1648, she is denied. Over 140 years later in 1790, New Jersey grants the right to vote to “all free inhabitants” of the state. For more important highlights, watch the video above!
