Alice Bunce

1893-1970

Alice E. Bunce was the first African American woman to graduate from the New Jersey College of Pharmacy in Newark. She owned a pharmacy in Asbury Park for many years, opening it with her brother in 1923 and operating it until her death.

She graduated NJ School of Pharmacy in 1923.

Bibliography

“Business Ruined, Co-Partner Dies” Asbury Park Press, Jul 27, 1970

“Jersey Pioneers” Asbury Park Press, Jan 10, 1971

History of the Negro in Pharmacy

American Druggist Aug 1925