1848-May 22, 1934

Founder of girls school: the Newark Seminary. Lifelong Newark resident. She was principal of the school until 1928. It was at 993 Broad and 172 Clinton Ave. She took over the school from Miss Crocker in 1882.

The Churchman
American Educational Review
May 23, 1934 Newark News

Bibliography

Baker, Mariana Narrative for tableaux; Newark Women of the Century.

“Deaths in Jersey” Courier-News May 24, 1934

“Miss Anna F. Whitmore” New York Times May 24, 1934

A Handbook of American Private Schools

Census records

US Congress Serial Set

The School Journal, 1882

American Educational Review

“Miss Whitmore Passes On at 83” Newark News May 23, 1934, pg. 15

W-14, Whitmore Anna, Newark News Morgue, Newark Library