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History in a Nutshell: Women's Suffrage Movement (Part 1)

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The question of women's suffrage in the U.S. had been debated long before the movement's humble beginnings at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848. This episode outlines the movement's early years of the movement. The first generation of suffragists got their start in the abolition movement. After the Civil War, suffrage groups would become divided due to opposing ideas on strategies, resulting in the formation of two rival groups: the American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association. Part of the "History in a Nutshell" series.