2016: Susan Shin Angulo became the first Asian American woman elected to a freeholder board... Read more about 2016: Susan Shin Angulo became the first Asian American woman elected to a freeholder board...
2011: Mildred Scott became the first Black women elected county sheriff... Read more about 2011: Mildred Scott became the first Black women elected county sheriff...
1983: Nidia Davila-Colon became first Latina freeholder elected... Read more about 1983: Nidia Davila-Colon became first Latina freeholder elected...
1977: Ruth Carpenter became the first woman elected sheriff in New Jersey... Read more about 1977: Ruth Carpenter became the first woman elected sheriff in New Jersey...
1921: Margaret Laird (R) and Jennie Van Ness (R) became the first two women elected to the New Jersey Assembly. Read more about 1921: Margaret Laird (R) and Jennie Van Ness (R) became the first two women elected to the New Jersey Assembly.
1925: Mary Teresa Norton (D) became the first woman to represent New Jersey in Congress, Read more about 1925: Mary Teresa Norton (D) became the first woman to represent New Jersey in Congress,
1925: Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston (D) of Estell Manor became the first woman to serve as mayor in New Jersey. Read more about 1925: Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston (D) of Estell Manor became the first woman to serve as mayor in New Jersey.
1957: Madaline A. (Worthy) Williams (D) became the first Black woman elected to the New Jersey Assembly. Read more about 1957: Madaline A. (Worthy) Williams (D) became the first Black woman elected to the New Jersey Assembly.
1965: Mildred Barry Hughes (D) became the first woman elected to the New Jersey Senate. Read more about 1965: Mildred Barry Hughes (D) became the first woman elected to the New Jersey Senate.
1965: Marion West Higgins (R) became the first woman speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, and was the second woman in the nation to be the speaker of a state house. Read more about 1965: Marion West Higgins (R) became the first woman speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, and was the second woman in the nation to be the speaker of a state house.
