c. 1883-1960
Born in Newark, Emma was first woman to graduate the NJ College of Pharmacy in Newark, along with Esther Newman who died a few months later of appendicitis. In 1905, Emma passed exams to receive her license to practice.
Emma was a pharmacist for Newark City Hospital for over 25 years. She helped her father manage a drugstore on Washington Street and owned her own business on Lyons before working for City Hospital.
Her obituary in the Newark News called her a “pioneer woman pharmacist”.
She graduated from Barringer, then Newark High.
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“Martland Staff Honors Mrs. Oschwald” Newark News Sept 10, 1954
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Death Notice, Star Ledger , Feb 2, 1960
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