Biographies
Countless New Jersey women were, and still are, active in public life in myriad ways. Business, athletics, the arts, and medicine are only a handful of the areas in which New Jersey women contribute to their home state and the larger world. For brief biographies of some of these remarkable women, browse the tabs below.
All Biographies | A – E | F – J | K – O | P – T | U – Z
Potential Resources for Further Research
Websites-
Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum: Home. Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. (n.d.). https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Biographies. National Women’s History Museum. (n.d.). https://www.womenshistory.org/students-and-educators/biographies
New-York Historical Society. (2023). Center for Women’s History | New-York Historical Society. Center for Women’s History. https://www.nyhistory.org/womens-history
National Women’s Hall of Fame. (2023). https://www.womenofthehall.org/
Books-
Wenzel, L., & Binkowski, C. J. (2003). More than petticoats. TwoDot.
Burstyn, J. N. (1997). Past and promise: Lives of New Jersey Women. Syracuse University Press.