by Greer Luce | Oct 26, 2020 | News, Women
In June of 2020, NJ Women Vote: The 19th Amendment at 100 partnership placed a call for artists and humanities scholars to create digital content that addresses the theme of voting and suffrage, particularly related to New Jersey. Two proposals were selected to...
by Greer Luce | Apr 27, 2020 | News, Women
Lights on for Suffrage Leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, NJ Women Vote: The 19th Amendment at 100 (NJ Women Vote) is encouraging public buildings and private residences to illuminate spaces in purple, yellow, and white in commemoration of the...
by Greer Luce | Feb 21, 2020 | M - R, Suffragist Biography, Women
Alice Paul was the architect of some of the most outstanding political achievements on behalf of women in the 20th century. Born on January 11, 1885 to Quaker parents in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, Alice Paul dedicated her life to the single cause of securing equal rights...
by Greer Luce | Feb 3, 2020 | Suffragist Biography, Women
Lifting as we Climb: African American Suffragists in New Jersey By Lisa Hendrickson: Independent Historian Left to Right: Mary Church Terrell, Violet Johnson, Florence Spearing Randolph, Banner of the National Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs Although not as much...
by Veronica Calder | Jan 28, 2020 | News, Suffrage Partner Spotlight, Women
Organization: Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University Website: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua Submitted by Fernanda Perrone Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University Libraries (SC/UA) collects, preserves, and...
by Veronica Calder | Jan 7, 2020 | M - R, Suffragist Biography, Women
Helen Paul (1889-1961) By Jill D. Zahniser, Independent Scholar This biographical sketch was first published on the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States and appears here by permission. That database is accessible at...
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