BOUND BROOK — Suffragettes demonstrate in front of the Central Railroad Station in Bound Brook in this circa-1915 photo. On Oct. 19, 1915, a statewide referendum on women's right to vote was held in New Jersey; it was defeated 184,390 to 133,282. The point became moot when Congress ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 guaranteeing American...
BOUND BROOK -- Suffragettes demonstrate in front of the Central Railroad Station in Bound Brook in this circa-1915 photo.
On Oct. 19, 1915, a statewide referendum on women's right to vote was held in New Jersey; it was defeated 184,390 to 133,282.
The point became moot when Congress ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 guaranteeing American women the right to vote.
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