Category: Hispanic/Latino Americans

Marie E Gonzalez

Feb 26, 2022

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Newark Women

in 1910-1929 (Born), Featured, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Immigrant (born outside the Continental US), Politics & Government, Social Work and Philanthrophy

c. 1915-2006 Came to the US in 1929 and Newark in 1940. Called the “Puerto Rican Mayoress of Newark”. Chief stewardess of Ruberset Co. union. Formed the first interracial Boy Scout troop at…
Maria DeCastro Blake

Feb 23, 2022

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Newark Women

in 1910-1929 (Born), Activists and Community Leaders, Education, Museums and Libraries, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Immigrant (born outside the Continental US)

1911-2011 Maria DeCastro Blake (1911-2011) was a dean of admissions at Rutgers and recruited hundreds of Hispanic students. She was key to ASPIRA, the Puerto Rican Congress, the Black & Puerto Rican Coalition…
Hilda Hidalgo

Feb 23, 2022

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Newark Women

in 1910-1929 (Born), Activists and Community Leaders, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Immigrant (born outside the Continental US), LGBT+

1928-2009 Hilda Hidalgo (second from right) was a Newark activist. In Newark, she co-founded Aspira of New Jersey, La Casa de Don Pedro and the Puerto Rican Congress and worked with numerous other…