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The Seneca Falls Convention: The Linch-Pin to the Women's Rights Movement = Objective: Explain how the Seneca Falls Convention affected the rest of the Women' Rights Movement and eventually led to women being able to vote. = Answer: The Seneca Falls Convention was the first time in history we see women and even some men come together to try to change the fact that women can't vote. There was another convention held in Worcester Massachusetts with over 1,000 people attending. After the Seneca Falls Convention, many events happened which all lead up to the first election on August 31, 1920, five days after the 19th Amendment was signed. In Missouri, there was a special election held to fill the seat of an alderman who had resigned. At 7 a.m., Mrs. Marie Ruoff Byrum, wife of Morris Byrum and daughter-in-law of Lacy Byrum, cast her ballot in the first ward. She thus became the first woman to vote in the state of Missouri and the first woman to vote in the United States under the 19th Amendment. = =

On the left is a picture of the 19th Amendment. This states that women have the right to vote. It wasn't until 1920 that it was passed, and the Seneca Falls Convention took place in 1848. Although it might be hard to believe that an event that took place 72 years before the signing of the 19th Amendment, that is how it came to be. //Citation: 19th Amendment//. N.d. //www.archives.gov//. Web. 18 Mar. 2012. .

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