This program will be available in-person at the library or on Zoom.

Carol Simon Levin portrays Lillian Feickert, President of the NJ Woman Suffrage Association from 1912-1920, to explore the overlooked role of NJ in the long frustrating fight for woman suffrage. She tells how some NJ women once had the vote, and then lost it for over a century, how nationally-known suffrage advocates Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton staged tax and voting protests in the state, Dr. Florence Spearing Randolph brought black women into the movement and Alice Paul became the dynamo who re-energized the push for a federal amendment. This program demonstrates that women were not “given” the vote, but fought for it for generations.

Carol Simon Levin is a professional storyteller and independent historian who specializes in telling the stories of “fascinating women history forgot” through first person portrayals.

This program has been generously sponsored by Northern NJ NOW. NNJ NOW is the oldest chapter of the National Organization for Women; fighting for women's rights since 1970.