Historic Happenings Blog

Sunday, March 8 -- Union County NJ Women Vote: The 19th Amendment at 100 The Suffrage Movement and the Work of Alice Paul   This year marks the centennial of women's suffrage in the U. S. Why did it take so long? How did we finally get there?  Discover the answers to these questions in Linda Barth's presentation, "Alice Paul: Champion of Women's Suffrage," based on her book of the same name.  The Union Township Historical Society will host Linda on Sunday, March 8, at 2 pm at Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, 888 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served during the book signing, following the presentation. Linda’s program brings to life the suffragists’ dramatic story of bringing the vote to American women. New Jersey women were prime movers in that struggle—with marches, protests, and jail time. Learn about the role of New Jersey suffragist Alice Paul in securing the ratification of the 19th Amendment...

Wednesday, March 4 – Union County Westfield Historical Society’s March First Wednesday Luncheon: “100 Years of the Women’s Vote” with Dr. Susan Lederman Westfield, NJ  -- As part of The Westfield Historical Society’s First Wednesday Luncheon series for March, which is Women’s History Month and is the 100 th  anniversary year of the 19th amendment (granting women the vote), Dr. Susan Lederman will talk on the subject of  "100 Years of the Women’s Vote”  on March 4, 2020.  Dr. Lederman will take us through significant events that have occurred since 1920 while women have had the right to vote.  The event will begin with check-in at 11:45 am at Ferraro’s Restaurant (2 nd  Floor), 14 Elm Street, Westfield.     Susan Lederman is Professor Emerita of Public Administration at Kean University. She had served as Director of Kean’s Master of Public Administration Program and had been on the faculty at the University since 1977. Dr. Lederman i...

I am a historical interpreter specializing in telling the stories of  fascinating forgotten women  and am currently working on a program  Reclaiming Our Voice: New Jersey's Central Role in the Fight for Woman Suffrage  ( click here  for a description),  which I will be premiering at the   Drake House Museum on March 24th  at 2:00 p.m.    It is conceived as a Jersey-centric companion to my program  Pickets & Persistence, War Service & Women’s Suffrage .   I have found fascinating material in the books  Reclaiming Lost Ground: The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in New Jersey ,  After Winning: The Legacy of New Jersey Suffragists ,  Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women  and  Casting Their Vote: Woman Suffrage in New Jersey   but was  wondering if any NJ societies might have clipping files or other materials on the woman suffrage or anti-suffrage movement in NJ...

Saturday, March 23 – Cape May County Cape May MAC’s ‘Lunch & Learn’ series continues this winter   CAPE MAY – Meet other curious learners during this winter’s Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC) Lunch & Learn series — informative and illustrated talks on popular topics of history, culture and the arts through March 27. All talks are at noon. Saturday, March 23 – Lucky Bones Lunch & Learn - Her Story – Charting the Course, with Mary Stewart Mary Stewart presents a look at seven women who led the way to equality and suffrage for women: Lucretia Mott, Sarah Josepha Hale, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Lucky Bones Restaurant, 1200 Route 109, Cape May. Admission is $20 and includes a buffet luncheon and lecture. Beverages may be purchased separately. Limited event.

Thursday, March 21 – Morris County Civil War Women of Compassion, Courage, and Grit A Lecture by Rich Rosenthal 7:00 PM at the Parsippany Main Library,449 Halsey Road, Parsippany, NJ     A story of wartime survival—not from cannons and bullets—but from life itself.    Rich Rosenthal, president of the North Jersey Civil War Round Table, has lectured on numerous historical subjects. He was a founding member of the North Jersey American Revolution Round Table, along with pre-eminent New Jersey historian, the late John T. Cunningham.    Mr. Rosenthal will tell us about New Jersey’s own Cornelia Hancock, who defiantly goes to Gettysburg after being rejected as a nurse for being too pretty; Mary Ann Bickerdyke, who set up hospitals and kitchens and even followed General Sherman through the mountains of Georgia on the way to Atlanta; and Sara Pryor, who lived through privation and destruction of the south, but still had the courage to defy the ...

Wednesday, March 20 – Cape May County Cape May MAC’s ‘Lunch & Learn’ series continues this winter CAPE MAY – Meet other curious learners during this winter’s Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC) Lunch & Learn series — informative and illustrated talks on popular topics of history, culture and the arts through March 27. All talks are at noon. Wednesday, March 20 - Lunch & Learn - Dr. Anna Hand: Pioneering Woman in Victorian Medicine, with Dory Coe Cape May’s first female physician, Dr. Anna Hand, (who was a protégé of Cape May’s Dr. Emlen Physick) gives you an overview of the state of Victorian medicine and the challenges she faced as a pioneering woman in medicine.  Dory Coe will portray Dr. Anna Hand in this interpretative presentation. Cape May United Methodist Church, 635 Washington St., Cape May. The presentation begins at noon. Free admission for students, MAC members. $5 for non-members. Bring a bag lunch.

T hursday, March 14 – Essex County Historic Heroines and Trailblazers of Montclair Thursday, March 14 from 7:30 to 9 pm. In celebration of Women’s History Month, Jane Eliasof will share stories and unknown facts about many notable women from the Montclair area. These women contributed to their respective fields that were traditionally dominated by men or who fought for equal rights. Doors open at 7:00 pm with refreshments, program begins at 7:30. Free to members of the Montclair Women’s Club and Montclair History Center; all others $5.   Join here.  Montclair Women’s Club, 82 Union Street,  Montclair. www.montclairhistory.org .     If you are not a member, you may join prior to the event or at the event for admission by contacting the Montclair History Center at 973-744-1796, at www.montclairhistory.org, or sending a note to  mail@montclairhistorical.org .     About the Montclair History Center: The Montclair History ...

Sunday, March 10 – Morris County Civil War Women of Compassion, Courage, and Grit A Lecture by Rich Rosenthal 2 p.m. at the Morristown and Morris Township Library, 1 Miller Road, Morristown, NJ    Join us in the library’s lower level meeting room, for  a story of wartime survival—not from cannons and bullets—but from life itself.    Rich Rosenthal, president of the North Jersey Civil War Round Table, has lectured on numerous historical subjects. He was a founding member of the North Jersey American Revolution Round Table, along with pre-eminent New Jersey historian, the late John T. Cunningham.    Mr. Rosenthal will tell us about New Jersey’s own Cornelia Hancock, who defiantly goes to Gettysburg after being rejected as a nurse for being too pretty; Mary Ann Bickerdyke, who set up hospitals and kitchens and even followed General Sherman through the mountains of Georgia on the way to Atlanta; and Sara Pryor, who lived through privati...