The battle for ratification by New Jersey of the 19th Amendment, giving women the vote, was truly one of David versus Goliath. On the eve of victory, those supporting the amendment had it snatched away.
According to the Bridgewater Courier of Jan. 21, 1920, “The workers for the ratification of equal suffrage at this session of the Legislature will not admit any setback in their efforts as the result of the Baird-Nugent move yesterday, which resulted in the passage of a resolution, while the…
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