119: Women’s Suffrage & the Passage of the 19th Amendment
History That Doesn't Suck
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Women's Suffrage in New Jersey
New Jersey became the fourth state to establish its own independent from britain constitution in 17 76. Its fourth article describes voters as follows, that all inhabitants of this colony of full age who are worth 50 pounds, proclamation money clear a state in the saime, shall be entitled to vote for representatives in council and assembly. But while describing where a voter may ballot, the 17 90 law says, and i quote, he or she. Is this intentional? Future historians will argue over it. Some will point out that several state constitutions use gender neutral language. Yet these states don't grant women the vote.
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