Time Period
Women have been extremely influential to society since the begining of history. They have many notable achievements in key events of the past, such as in World War I and World War II. Women contributed greatly to their communities, making many advances in the arts. Women’s most valuable work in history may be their continuous fight towards equality and freedom, through movements such as women’s suffrage, the fight to own property, have equal wages, and for reproductive rights, along with other feminist ideas. Browse the tabs below in order to learn about different events throughout women’s history.
16th Century- 1500's
17th Century- 1600's
18th Century- 1700's
19th Century- 1800's
The Paterson Daily Press Reports on the New Jersey Senate, March 24, 1869
Certificate of Abandonment for Child of Slave
Records of Newark Female Charitable Society
Report from the Judiciary Committee of the New Jersey Assembly
Report from the Assembly Committee on Women’s Rights
Lucy Stone’s Protest of Taxation Without Representation
The Founding Convention of New Jersey Women’s Suffrage Association, 1867
Portia Gage Tries to Vote in Vineland, 1868
Petition by Lucy Stone and Antoinette Blackwell
Manumission of Ann and Rufus Johnson, 1828
Lenora M. Barry’s Report of Labor Practices
“The Lincoln Children”, Portrait by Susane Waters
Poem by Esther Saunders, “The Little Wanderer”
Whittier House Social Settlement
Education of New Jersey’s African American Youth
Memorial Honoring the Patriotic Dead, Especially Hannah Arnett
20th Century- 1900's
Sculpture, “Displaced”, by Dorothea Greenbaum
New Jersey Women’s Environmental Health Act
Schultz v. Wheaton Glass Company
Women Workers at the Edison Factory
Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey
Child Labor on New Jersey Farms
Women’s Suffrage and the Liquor Interests
New Jersey Women’s Suffrage Referendum
Elizabeth Flynn- the Paterson Strike of 1913
Bill Haywood- the Paterson Strike of 1913
Publicity for Women’s Suffrage
NJ State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
Women’s Political Union of New Jersey
Women’s Suffrage Work during WWI
Suffragist Antoinette Blackwell Casts G.O.P Ballot
New Jersey League of Women Voters
Organization of Teachers of Colored Children
Racially Integrated Classrooms
The Women’s Project of New Jersey
New Jersey Wage Discrimination Act
Equity in Educational Programs
21st Century- 2000's
Potential Resources for Future Research
Websites-
Congress, T. L. of, Administration, N. A. and R., Humanities, N. E. for the, Art, N. G. of, Service, N. P., Institution, U. S., & Museum, U. H. M. (n.d.). Women’s History Month. https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/
Books-
Cullen-DuPont, K. (2000). Encyclopedia of women’s history in America. Facts On File.
GOLDIN, C. (2023). Career and family: Women’s century-long journey toward equity. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRES.
Waisman, C. S., & Tietjen, J. S. (2008). Her story: A timeline of the women who changed America. Colliins/Harper Collins Publishers.