
This page spotlights the biographies of over seventy New Jersey suffragists from the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States. Biographical sketches featuring women suffrage activists from a variety of backgrounds were contributed by volunteers across New Jersey including faculty, students, history professionals, and enthusiasts. Sources are listed with each biography and images added when available. Biographies are categorized below by the suffragist’s last name.
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Biography of Agnes Anne Schermerhorn, 1869-1949 By Lisa Hendrickson, Independent Historian This biographical sketch was first...
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Agnes M. Cromwell (1874-1959) By Katrina Rex, MS, Communications and Content Manager, Rochester Institute of...
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Alice Paul celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment in September 1920: from the...
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Amelia Berndt Moorfield (1876-1950) By George Robb: Professor, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey This biographical...
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Anita Stillman Quarles (1887-1971) By George Robb, professor, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey This biographical...
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Anna B. Jeffery (1847-1938) By Kelsey Brow, Curator, King Manor Museum, Jamaica, New York This biographical...