1876-1950
Amelia (Berndt) Moorfield (1876-1950), was a suffragette from Newark, with the Women’s Political Union. Her parents were German immigrants. Later she became an advocate for the Peace movement.
Bibliography
“Mrs. Amelia Moorfield,” New York Times, February 27, 1950.
Burstyn, Joan N. ed., Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women, (Syracuse University Press, 1997), pgs. 360-61. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0815604181
Sterling, Guy, The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten: 350 Notable Newarkers, (GS Newark, 2014), pp. 231-32. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1499079915
Newark Women 