Farmstead Arts presents lectures on a variety of topics including history, preservation and the arts.
Lectures are held in one of our beautiful galleries in the historic Farmhouse at Farmstead Arts. This intimate environment invites the listener into the heart of the narrative, creating an informative and entertaining experience for all. A reception is held after each lecture with light refreshments and an opportunity to meet and talk with the presenter.
March 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Carol Simon Levin portrays Lillian Feickert, president of the NJ Woman Suffrage Association from 1912-1920, to explore the overlooked role of NJ in the long frustrating fight for woman suffrage. She tells how some NJ women got the vote in NJ’s 1776 Constitution, then lost it for over a century, how nationally-known suffrage advocates Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton staged tax and voting protests in the state, Dr. Florence Spearing Randolph brought black women into the movement and Alice Paul became the dynamo who re-energized the push for a federal amendment. This program demonstrates that women were not “given” the vote, but fought for it for generations.
