Timeline of women's suffrage in New Jersey

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"Vote Yes for Woman Suffrage 1915" Stamp "Vote Yes for Woman Suffrage 1915" Stamp.jpg
"Vote Yes for Woman Suffrage 1915" Stamp

This is a timeline of women's suffrage in New Jersey. Women and African Americans had the right to vote in New Jersey until the state constitution was changed in 1807, disenfranchising all but white men. Any early suffrage protest was taken by Lucy Stone in 1857 who refused to pay her property taxes because she could not vote. Additional attempts to make women more equal under the law took place in the 1880s and 1890s. There were also several court cases that challenged women's right to vote in the state. Eventually, a voter referendum on a state constitutional suffrage amendment took place in 1915, however the measure was voted down. Activists continued to fight both in the state and to protest in Washington, D.C. as Silent Sentinels. By February 10, 1920, New Jersey ratified the Nineteenth Amendment.

Contents

18th century

1770s

1776

1780s

1787

1790s

1797

19th century

"Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old Times," engraving by Howard Pyle, appearing in Harper's Weekly in 1880 "Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old Times," engraving by Howard Pyle, appearing in Harper's Weekly in 1880.webp
"Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old Times," engraving by Howard Pyle, appearing in Harper's Weekly in 1880

1800s

1802

1807

1820s

1824

1840s

1844

1850s

1852

1853

1854

1857

1858

1860s

1866

1867

1868

1870s

1872

1875

1880s

1880

1884

1887

1890s

1890

1893

1894

1895

1897

1898

20th century

Suffrage tug in Jersey City, New Jersey Suffrage tug, Jersey City LCCN2014698292.jpg
Suffrage tug in Jersey City, New Jersey

1900s

1902

1904

1906

1908

1909

1910s

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

Suffragists from the National Woman's Party call out Senator Baird WOMAN SUFFRAGE BANNERS LCCN2016869547.jpg
Suffragists from the National Woman's Party call out Senator Baird

1915

1916

1917

1919

1920s

1920

See also

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