First wave of American feminism (jan 1, 1848 – jan 31, 1920)
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The first women’s rights convention was held in July 1848 at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Causes: Women wanted rights such as married women could own their own property and keep their own wages. But the most important was the right to vote. Helped being pushed by blacks being able to vote.
Impact: President Woodrow Wilson, who in 1918 acknowledged his support for the right to vote after seeing the work women did during World War I. The next year, Congress approved the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, and it was signed into law in 1920.
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