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A Brief & Tiresome History

Sarah McMahon
3 min readDec 12, 2024

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the year was 1850

and there was a convention for women

because we didn’t have rights

and we had to organize

so we snuck down side streets and alleyways

to gather and meet and then

in 1869

the NWSA was created

with an aim to amend the constitution

which did not consider women

or minorities valid citizens and then

in 1872

Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting

and she never paid the fine

but women still did not have rights

and in 1878

congress failed to pass a bill

that would grant women the right to vote and

then, 26 years later, the bill failed again

that was 1914 and three years later the world went to war

and women held this country on their backs

worked in factories and farms

in hospitals and care homes

and America learned it is nothing without women

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Sarah McMahon
Sarah McMahon

Written by Sarah McMahon

Sales Professional | Blogger | Ultra Runner @mcmountain work email: sarah.mcmahon@ticketsignup.io personal email: sarahrose.writer@gmail.com

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