Lillian Ford Feickert Archives

Trailblazer: Lillian Ford Feickert

February 9, 2020 2:40 pm

Lillian Ford Feickert (1877-1945) was the president of the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association from 1912 to 1920. She later became the first woman to run for a U.S. Senate seat from New Jersey. From 1910 to 1912, Feickert headed...

100 years ago today, New Jersey ratified the 19th amendment

February 9, 2020 12:55 amFebruary 9, 2020 3:43 pm

One Hundred years ago today, New Jersey became the 29th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. The New Jersey Senate passed a resolution to ratify the amendment on February 3, 1920 by a vote...