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July 26, 1788 - New York became the 11th state admitted to the Union.
Area - 53,989 sq. miles Capital - Albany © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - Excelsior (Latin - Ever Upward.) Nickname - Empire State

- A slave insurrection occurred in New York City in 1712. 21 Blacks were executed.
- In 1777 New York rescinds women's right to vote.
- New York State bans slavery in 1799.
- Women's rights convention convened in 1848 at Seneca Falls, NY
- The US Constitutional Convention of 1787 gives the states the right to set voting qualifications. New Jersey is the only state to continue allowing women the right to vote.
- New York is the 11th state admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788.
- Ellis Island opens as center to screen immigrants in 1892.
- In 1896, the Democratic Party and the liquor industry is blamed for the failure of a state referendum that would have given women the right to vote.
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- Women win the right to vote in New York State in 1917. The first eastern state to grant full voting rights.
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- Shirley Chisholm a Democrat from New York in 1968 is the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
- In 1985 New York adopts the first official "city anthem," "New York, New York".
- Democrat Nydia Velazquez, a democrat, becomes the first Puerto Rican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- New York City's first black mayor is David Dinkins. He was elected in 1989.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first sitting first lady to win elected office in 2000. The first lady defeated Republican Rep. Rick Lazio for the position of U. S. Senator in New York.

One Vote Counts in New York.
Sources - http://www.shgresources.com - http://www.dpsinfo.com/women/history/timeline.html - http://anythingarkansas.com/arkapedia/pedia/2000/ - http://www.amazoncastle.com/feminism/sufftime.shtml - http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/timeline.htm - http://www.scafam-hist.org/timeline.asp -
http://www.keithhamiltoncobb.com/board/showthread.php?t=5435&page=11&pp=20 - http://www.elmersflag.com/products.cfm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mottos - http://www.livgenmi.com/statemotto.htm

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