Mahwah Museum Highlights NJ Women's Suffrage Movement

MAHWAH, NJ — The movement for woman's suffrage in New Jersey will be highlighted at the Mahwah Museum's most recently announced event.

On Jan. 4 at 7:30 pm, Ann D. Gordon, Ph.D. will give a webinar about the struggle to pass the 19th Amendment, entitled “Agitating for Woman Suffrage in New Jersey.”

Hosted by the Mahwah Museum, the online program is open to all and free of charge, but donations to the museum are welcome, according to a news release.

Register in advance for the webinar at mahwahmuseum.org.

"Women of New Jersey spent decades trying to break men’s lock on political power in the state. Resistance to equal political rights was powerful. In the end, it took federal action, through the 19th Amendment, to get the job done here. Highlights of the long history will be presented in this talk," museum officials said, in a news release.

Ann D. Gordon is Research Professor Emerita of history at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and editor of the six-volume Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (1997-2013).

After graduating from Smith College, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Early American history. She has written numerous articles on women’s history, biography and historical editing, and compiled a collection of essays by scholars of black history, “African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965”.

The museum is open to the public on Saturdays from 1-4 pm. Admission is free for museum members and children, and $5 for non-members.

The Mahwah Museum is located at 201 Franklin Turnpike.