c. 1889-1959

Lived in Newark from at least 1910. Founder of the Chronically Ill Service of Essex County. Board member of the Essex County Tuberculosis League and county representative on the board of the NJ Tuberculosis Association.

Served at base hospitals in France during WWI. She was the only women on a tablet at B’Nai Jeshurun dedicated to soldiers and sailors.

Director of the National Organization of Public Health Nursing in New York during the 1920s. She lectured on nursing at Newark University. She graduated Johns Hopkins Nursing School in 1914.

Lived at 236 Broad Street and 126 Clinton Ave.

John Hopkins Class of 1914, Theresa 3rd Row #4 from Cheney Archives

Bibliography

Cummings, Charles. Women helped guide city’s progress from the start. Star Ledger May 30, 2002.

“Mrs. Guthrie Dies” Newark News Nov 10, 1959

Veterans Administration File, Ancestry.com

Census records

“Temple Unveils Tablet to Members in War” Jewish Chronicle Feb 29, 1924