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When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776 – 1807 on ZOOM

Women voted in Revolutionary America, over a hundred years before the United States Constitution guaranteed that right to women nationally. The 1776 New Jersey State Constitution referred to voters as "they," and statutes passed in 1790 and 1797 defined voters as “he or she." This opened the electorate to free property owners, black and white, male and female, in New Jersey. This lasted until 1807, when a new state law said only white men could vote. What can this story of changing laws about who could vote from the earliest days of American democracy teach us about what it means to vote and what it takes to preserve and expand that right? Learn the little-known history of the nation’s first women voters and get a virtual peek at artifacts that tell their stories. This experiece includes a Q&A session.

Date:
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Categories:
  Special Event  
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