1855-1938
Her obituary states she was “a veteran feminist…a pioneer suffrage worker and led suffrage picket lines. She was a founder of the National Women’s Party which had as its object the abolishment of all discrimination in the law against women and was active in the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom and the Newark Interracial Committee. She flew to Washington last year to take part in the send off of peace delegates to South America.”
Mother of Lucy Karr Milburn. Lived with her daughter at 822 Degraw Ave from at least 1900, until her death.
Karr was mentioned many times in the Newark Evening News. In 1924, Karr is listed as treasurer of the National Women’s Party for the state, having attended the national conference. She also is quoted speaking about an equal rights amendment that year. In 1930, she is listed as VP of the Party in NJ. In 1937, the News ran a column called “Active Feminist” about Minnie’s observations of a talk by Judge Carr to the League of Women Voters.
In 1928 Equal Rights magazine lists her as chairman of the NJ State National Women’s Party. In 1907 she filed a patent for a fastening pin.
She was born and raised in Newark, listed with her family on the 1860 and 1870 censuses.
Bibliography
Mrs. Minnie S Karr, Newark News, Aug 29, 1938
Images from Ancestry.com public tree
Active Feminist, Newark News, Dec 6, 1937
Women’s Organizations, Aug 23, 1924