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W. E. B. Du Bois publicly supported the 1915 New Jersey campaign, writing in The Crisis, "To say the woman is weaker than man is sheer rot: It is the same sort of thing we hear about the 'darker races' and 'lower classes.'" [118] Mary Church Terrell campaigned in New Jersey in October, urging black men to vote for the women's suffrage amendment ...
Ericksen, a 43-year-old attorney from southern New Jersey who has been sober for 10 years, is now speaking out about her experience because she thinks women's voices need to be heard.
Many New Jersey women attend the Pennsylvania Woman's Convention at West Chester in 1852. [9] 1853. John Pierpont discusses the early voting rights of women in New Jersey at the Women's Rights Convention in Rochester. [10] 1854. Henry Lafetra petitions the state legislature to declare women and men equal under the law. [11] 1857
Beginning with the support of the Mendham [NJ] Free Public Library, the Project’s growing research, production and publication activities resulted in the incorporation of the Women’s Project of New Jersey as an independent non-profit in July 1985 with a volunteer Board of Trustees that included historians, librarians, writers, a lawyer, an accountant, a publicist, an educational equity ...
In a time of divisiveness, here are four events that brought North Jersey residents together, even if it was just for a few hours.
The coronavirus pandemic seemed to exacerbate things, Kifferly said, and in all four states where The Women’s Centers operates — New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia and Pennsylvania — “we ...
When word of the New Jersey women and their suits appeared in local newspapers, the women were told that the radium was safe and that employees in New Jersey were showing signs of viral infections. A co-founder of the Radium Luminous Materials Corporation (RLMC), George Willis lectured the women on radium and how it wasn't dangerous.
Pages in category "History of women in New Jersey" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.