Category: Born or raised in Newark (high school or before)
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Helen A Miller
1898-1982 We don’t know too much about Helen A. Miller. She was the sister of Mildred Miller Free and her father James Miller was the “first of his race” to work for the…
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Mina Ginger Van Winkle
1875-1933 Famous suffragist who organized the Equality League of Self-Supporting Women in Newark in 1908. In 1912, the League was re-named the Women’s Political Union of New Jersey (WPUNJ), with Mina as president,…
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Minnie Schneider Karr
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…
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Lucy Karr Millburn
1895-1998 Lucy Karr Millburn was a suffragist who marched on Washington, DC in 1913. She was a New Jersey delegate of the National Woman’s Party to the Mass Meeting for Equal Rights in…
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Margaret Brydon Laird
1871-1968 A leader in the women’s suffrage movement and NJ’s first Assemblywoman, elected with Jennie C. Van Ness. Born in Newark and lived there most of her life. She attended Newark schools and…
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Rebecca Newby
1919 or 1920-2005 Born in Alabama, raised in Newark, Newby attended Robert Treat and West Side High, where she was a member of the Glee Club and voted most likely to succeed vocally.…
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Geneva, Helena and Gertrude Turman
The three Turman sisters performed with their brother Buddy in nighclubs around Newark and New York. Gertrude Turman performed in Newark nightclubs as a “shake dancer”. Helena also specialized in dance. Geneva Turman…
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Louise A Stewart Spencer
1916-1971 Louise A Spencer was director of the (combined) Newark Parent Teachers Associations. She was vice President of the Newark March of Dimes and served on the Essex County PTA. She was a…