Lillian Ford Feickert
Lillian Ford Feickert (1877-1945)
Courtesy, Special Collections/University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
After her years of leadership as president of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association (1912-1920), Lillian Feickert of Plainfield, helped to organize the New Jersey League of Women Voters and then became active in the Republican Party. She served as vice-chairman of the Republican State Committee from 1920 to 1925. In 1928, she ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate as a prohibition candidate. The campaign flyer below, for Feickert’s 1928 Republican primary campaign, enumerates her myriad public activities.
Questions to Explore
In what ways did women protest for their right to vote during the early 1900’s?
How did women get involved in politics when they could not be elected into office?
Additional Resources
“Lillian Ford Feickert (Mrs. Edward F.) : Plainfield Woman Suffragist.” Scannell’s New Jersey’s First Citizens and State Guide : Genealogies and Biographies of Citizens of New Jersey with Informing Glimpses into the State’s History Affairs Officialism & Institutions … [Et. Al.] vol. V.1 1917. https://www.worldcat.org/title/166309065
Burstyn Joan N. “Lillian Ford Feickert.” Past and Promise Lives of New Jersey Women1990. https://www.worldcat.org/title/54486221