Organized in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, in 1908 as an affiliate of the New York-based Equality League of Self-Supporting Women; subsequently (in 1913 or before) adopted the name Women's Political Union of New Jersey; evidently became the Newark Branch of the Women's Political Union of New Jersey in 1915 when the several independent branches apparently effected a "plan of union" (creating a state executive board made up of branch presidents) under the name Women's Political Union of New Jersey; chose to remain independent (as the Women's Political Union of Newark) when other branches of the Women's Political Union of New Jersey merged into the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association in 1916; supported the war effort during World War I by helping to sell Liberty bonds, by making contributions to relief agencies and by making socks, sweaters and "comfort kits" to distribute to soldiers (including men at Camp Dix, New Jersey, who visited the nearby soldiers' club run by the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association); dissolved on May 4, 1920, at which time its former members founded the Newark League of Women Voters; within the next three years, cosponsored a citizenship school for the education of women voters and began identifying legislation to support (or oppose), including endorsing a bill permitting the city manager form of government in New Jersey and a "No Night Work" bill (protective legislation for women), both of which passed in 1923.
From the description of Records, 1908-1930 (bulk 1913-1923). (Rutgers University). WorldCat record id: 62901375
