New Jersey : the suffrage state, 2008

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Pel

Identifier: b2089937

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate History program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.

From the Collection:

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations Publishing website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2008

Creator

Peluso, Kurt (1983- ) (Author, Person)
Parkin, Katherine J. (Thesis advisor, Person)
Veit, Richard F. (1968- ) (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 81 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Introduction [excerpt]

New Jersey was the first state to allow women to vote, and it was not by accident. Following the ratification of the first constitution, the legislature passed acts to allow certain women to vote as long as they met the requirements. In 1807, the vote was taken away from women.... When the vote was taken away, New Jersey women attempted to vote and held meetings prior to what is believed to be the first suffrage conference at Seneca Falls. New Jersey was home to the first suffrage association, and the majority of women's groups dealt with suffrage. Many of the national leaders of suffrage were either born-in or spent significant time in New Jersey. National suffrage leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot, Lucy Stone and her husband Henry Blackwell, Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and Alice Paul, ... had major roles in the suffrage movement in New Jersey. New Jersey was also home to President Woodrow Wilson, who had a major role in the passage of the federal amendment.

Of course New Jersey was not the only state to matter in the national movement. ... [H]owever, I believe New Jersey is one of the few states to serve as a leader in the movement and has not garnered the attention the state deserves....

Not enough has been written on the individual states and their different interpretations of suffrage. An analysis of each state's suffrage history would offer a significant contribution to the study of democracy in the United States. This paper is not only about New Jersey and suffrage, but democracy through the lens of one state, and its impact on the national level.