On July 2, 1776, two days before the Declaration of Independence was signed, New Jersey, in her first State constitution, en-franchised the women by changing the words of her provincial charter from “Male freeholders worth L50” to “all inhabitants worth L50,” and for 31 years the women of that State voted.

GAINS IN EQUAL SUFFRAGE

Eighty years ago women could not vote anywhere, except to a very limited extent in Sweden and in a few other places in the Old World.

TIME PLACE KIND OF SUFFRAGE

1838 Kentucky School suffrage to widows with children
                           of school age.
1850 Ontario School suffrage, women married and
                           single.
1861 Kansas School suffrage.
1867 New South Wales Municipal suffrage.
1869 England Municipal suffrage, single women and
                           widows. 
        Victoria Municipal suffrage, married and single
                           women. 
        Wyoming Full suffrage.
1871 West Australia Municipal suffrage.
1875 Michigan School suffrage. 
        Minnesota Do.
1876 Colorado Do.
1877 New Zealand Do.
1878 New Hampshire Do. 
        Oregon Do.
1879 Massachusetts Do.
1880 New York Do. 
        Vermont Do. 
        South Australia Municipal suffrage.
1881 Scotland Municipal suffrage to the single women
                           and widows. 
        Isle of Man Parliamentary suffrage.
1883 Nebraska School suffrage.
1884 Ontario Municipal suffrage. 
        Tasmania Do.
1886 New Zealand Do. 
        New Brunswick Do.
1887 Kansas Do. 
        Nova Scotia Do. 
        Manitoba Do. 
        North Dakota School suffrage. 
        South Dakota Do.

TIME PLACE KIND OF SUFFRAGE

1887  Montana . . . . . . .  School suffrage
Arizona . . . . . . .    Do. 
New Jersey  . . . . .    Do. 
Montana . . . . . . .  Tax-paying suffrage.
1888  England . . . . . . .  County suffrage. 
British Columbia. . .  Municipal Suffrage. 
Northwest Territory .    Do.
1889  Scotland. . . . . . .  County suffrage. 
Province of Quebec. .  Municipal suffrage, single women and
widows.
1891  Illinois. . . . . . .  School suffrage.
1893  Connecticut . . . . .    Do. 
Colorado. . . . . . .  Full suffrage. 
New Zealand . . . . .    Do.
1894  Ohio. . . . . . . . .  School suffrage. 
Iowa. . . . . . . . .  Bond suffrage. 
England . . . . . . .  Parish and district suffrage, married and
single women.
1895  South Australia . . .   Full State suffrage.