19th Amendment: A century of pioneering women in US politics
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The amendment was the product of decades of campaigning and slow progress since the first convention for women's rights was held in Seneca Falls in 1848. Rights were granted in a handful of, mostly western, states over the years but resistance remained. This amendment, officially ratified in 1920, prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex on a national level.
She voted against US entry into World War One - a move that would eventually cost her her seat. She then returned to the House in 1940 on an anti-war platform - becoming the only member to vote against US entry in both conflicts.became the first woman to serve in the US Senate - but only as a symbolic gesture for 24 hours.
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