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In September 1916, demonstrators hold a rally for women’s suffrage in New York. The Seneca Falls convention in 1848 is widely viewed as the launch of the women’s suffrage movement, yet women didn’t gain the right to vote until 1920.
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In 1857, women toiling in the garment and textile industries in New York City factories staged a protest over poor working conditions.
Fifty years later, the fight was far from over. On Feb. 28, 1907, women once again took to the streets calling for political rights for working women and the right to vote. It was one of the first Women’s Day celebrations held across the country.