Radical Women: Fighting for Power and the Vote in New Jersey!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\nExhibit<\/strong>:<\/strong> January 23, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020<\/span><\/div>\nPanel:<\/strong> “The Battle over Women’s Suffrage,” Tuesday, September 22nd at 6:00 PM.<\/span>
\nTune in on Zoom for a joint program with the Newark History Society and the Newark Public Library.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\nNewark Public Library <\/span><\/div>\n5 Washington Street, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n3<\/span><\/span>rd <\/span><\/span><\/sup>Floor Gallery <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\nNewark, NJ 07101<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.npl.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Sm_lucy_stone_3d02055r-243x300.jpg\")
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<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\nL: Lucy Stone Daguerreotype of Lucy Stone, c. 1840\u20131860 | <\/span>M: \u201cLeona\u201d, Leslie Sheryll, https:\/\/www.lesliesheryll.com\/seeing<\/a>, Seeing 2016 | <\/span>R: Violet Johnson, suffragist\u00a0 in Summit<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u201cTaxation without representation is tyranny.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n\n\u201cIn New Jersey, women and negroes voted from 1776 to 1807, a period of thirty-one years…There is no evidence that women and free negroes abused or neglected their political privileges…It does not appear that (they) were more implicated in the frauds than the white men and they seemed to have been made the scapegoats.\u201d \u2013<\/i><\/span> Lucy Stone<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nRadical Women<\/span><\/span> commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which legally granted American women the right to vote. It illuminates the courage of New Jersey women who decided to challenge the social and legal restrictions on their lives. These women worked and fought for their rights and demanded visibility and justice for themselves and their communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nThough not seen as radical today, the nineteenth and early twentieth century women\u2019s rights movement exploded deeply held beliefs about women\u2019s proper roles within the home and in the wider community<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nWomen\u2019s rights were an emotional and heavily disputed issue with profound economic and political implications. For many women, achieving the vote was part of a larger struggle against racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and economic exploitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nWomen from a wide variety of backgrounds petitioned and agitated relentlessly to get the vote. Suffragists included women who were rich and poor, Black and white, native born and immigrant. Sometimes in alliance with each other and sometimes in conflict, diverse women fought for equality and challenged the notion that a woman\u2019s place was in the home.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
\nFollow us on Instagram @radical_women_nj_vote<\/a>, #radicalwomennjvote<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThank you to the galleries and artists who have generously loaned their art for inclusion in this exhibition including: Gallery Aferro, Gladys Grauer (In Memoriam), Donna Conklin, Asha Ganpat, Diane Savona and Leslie Sheryll.<\/span><\/p>\n\nNewark Public Library has received a project<\/span>\u00a0grant<\/span>\u00a0from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.npl.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/njhc.png\")
<\/span><\/div>\nNJ Women Vote: The 19th Amendment at 100<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nNew Jersey\u2019s Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Initiative*<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n@njwomenvote100<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nClick here to view the flyer.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nMedia Exposure<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\nClick here<\/a> to watch the interview with Noelle Lorraine Williams and Pat Battle ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.npl.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/220px-NBC_logo.svg.png\")
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nClick here<\/a> to view the news article Powerful Newark Art Exhibit Honors Women’s Rights, 19th Amendment<\/em> by Newark Patch.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nClick here<\/a> to view the NJ.com article about the Radical Women exhibit as well as the \u201cThe Black Athlete in America: Protest, Activism and Inclusion,”<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.npl.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/radical-women-300x130.png\")
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\nTune in on Zoom for a joint program with the Newark History Society and the Newark Public Library.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u201cTaxation without representation is tyranny.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cIn New Jersey, women and negroes voted from 1776 to 1807, a period of thirty-one years…There is no evidence that women and free negroes abused or neglected their political privileges…It does not appear that (they) were more implicated in the frauds than the white men and they seemed to have been made the scapegoats.\u201d \u2013<\/i><\/span> Lucy Stone<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Follow us on Instagram @radical_women_nj_vote<\/a>, #radicalwomennjvote<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Thank you to the galleries and artists who have generously loaned their art for inclusion in this exhibition including: Gallery Aferro, Gladys Grauer (In Memoriam), Donna Conklin, Asha Ganpat, Diane Savona and Leslie Sheryll.<\/span><\/p>\n Newark Public Library has received a project<\/span>\u00a0grant<\/span>\u00a0from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/h3>\n
\nThough not seen as radical today, the nineteenth and early twentieth century women\u2019s rights movement exploded deeply held beliefs about women\u2019s proper roles within the home and in the wider community<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nWomen\u2019s rights were an emotional and heavily disputed issue with profound economic and political implications. For many women, achieving the vote was part of a larger struggle against racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and economic exploitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nWomen from a wide variety of backgrounds petitioned and agitated relentlessly to get the vote. Suffragists included women who were rich and poor, Black and white, native born and immigrant. Sometimes in alliance with each other and sometimes in conflict, diverse women fought for equality and challenged the notion that a woman\u2019s place was in the home.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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