Historic Happenings Blog

"Votes for Women: Suffrage in New Jersey " Richmond Gallery, Eden Woolley House, 703 Deal Road, Ocean, NJ 07712​ When the Founders crafted the U.S. Constitution, they gave the authority to decide who could vote to the states. All but one decided it would be men—white, property-owning men, 21 years old and older. The one exception was New Jersey. For the first few decades of our new nation, property-owning women in New Jersey could vote. But in 1807, state legislators took a step backward and rescinded the right. New Jersey women joined their sisters across the country who were shut off from the ballot. The start of a movement Most historians mark the start of the American suffrage movement from the 1848 Women’s Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Both women had discovered their political voice fighting for the abolition of slavery. Both had felt the sting of being shut out by male-dominated leadership....

Wednesday, October 23 – Burlington County INTRO TO ALICE 6:30PM - 8:00PM     Be an Alice Paul ambassador in 2020! Join the Alice Paul Institute as we celebrate a landmark year – the centennial celebration of the ratification of the 19 th  Amendment. As we prepare to mark the 100 th  year that women have had the right to vote in the United States, the Alice Paul Institute is seeking volunteers to join our team as tour guides, presenters, and educational program facilitators for grades K-8 th . Come out to Paulsdale – Alice Paul’s childhood home – for a fun meeting to learn how you can get involved and support the work of the Alice Paul Institute during 2020. This event is FREE. Paulsdale, 128 Hooten Road, Mount Laurel;   856-231-1885