Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

Historians have unearthed new evidence that, because of a strange loophole in New Jersey's state constitution, more than 100 women voted before 1807. But that power didn't last.

A New Jersey woman who was one of the leaders of the women’s suffrage movement is the subject of a play now being performed outdoors in Jersey City.

New Jersey has the nation’s 13th-highest proportion of women in state Legislature but is one of the toughest states for women seeking public office.

New Jersey has the distinction of being the only colony of the original 13 whose constitution permitted women to vote. Ironically, it is one of the last to guarantee full suffrage, through the ...

The New Jersey Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage argued that suffrage logically involves the holding of public office, which is “inconsistent with the duties of most women.” ...

The fight for equality For women in the Garden State, the women's suffrage movement was a battle to restore a right lost. New Jersey's first constitution in 1776 gave voting rights to “all ...

Portia K. Gage was among first female voters in the country. Her efforts led the way for women to earn right to vote.