Lila Thompson Archives - New Jersey Globe

An Assembly candidate had to learn to drive after party bosses sent her husband to New England

March 3, 2025 7:53 pm

Assemblyman Woodburn S. Cranmer (R-Stafford) was one of two legislators absent on February 9, 1920, when the New Jersey State Assembly ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. When Cranmer decided not to seek re-election in 1921,...

Is Ocean County a hotbed of misogyny? Look at the numbers.

March 7, 2020 12:03 pmMarch 8, 2020 4:15 pm

A vote by Ocean County Republicans to pick a man over a woman in the race for Congress this week is consistent with a track record of not running women for office over the last 100 years. The chain might...

Ocean GOP has been passing over women candidates for 100 years

February 19, 2019 12:12 amNovember 22, 2019 8:59 am

Women candidates have struggled to run for office within the Ocean County Republican organization for nearly 100 years. The chain might start with Ocean County’s one assemblyman. Woodburn S. Cranmer (R-Stafford), who was one of two legislators absent on February...