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Women's History: NJ Women's History

To explore the achievements and events in women's history

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Description from JSTOR: "Black, yellow, and white illustration of a town crier, also known as a bellman, ringing a bell and shouting "Vote Yes for Woman Suffrage." The woman's suffrage movement began in the early 1820s, gaining momentum after the Civil War, although due to divisive ideals and goals, it wasn't until 1890 when the National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed. The cause was slowed again by World War I, but many argued that women's work on behalf of the war effort proved that they were just as deserving of citizenship and voting rights as men. Although some states had previously granted women the right to vote in some elections, it wasn't until 1920 when the 19th amendment was ratified that women nationwide were given the right to suffrage."

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Vote Yes For Woman Suffrage 1915 [Digital image]. (1915). From the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery.

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