Category: Activists and Community Leaders
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Gladys St. John Churchman
1902-1974 Gladys Churchman ran the Friendly Neighborhood House, as well as being part of the Churchman Funeral Home. She was also involved in many other community efforts such as the YMCA and the…
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Louise Epperson
1908-2002 Louise Epperson was key in the protests against UMDNJ in the 1960s & helped negotiate the Medical School Agreements. She was also the first African American appointed to the Board of Health…
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Hilda Hidalgo
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…
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Jennie Levell Lemon
1913-1982 Married to Tom Lemon in Newark in 1950. Listed as a waitress in 1930, and a WPA Investigator on the 1940 Census. In 1959, she was a senior account clerk in City…
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Musette Brooks Gregory
1876-1921 Musette Gregory was a suffragist and activist. She was a leader in the Urban League of Newark and Vice President of the Newark Branch of the NAACP. She was on the Executive…
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H. Blanche Harris
1878-1956 (Thanks to George Robb who did much research on Harris). Blanche Harris was active in the suffrage movement in Newark. She was president of the Lincoln Branch, Women’s Political Union of Newark.…
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Brenda Estelle Ray Moryck
1894-1945 Black writer and social activist born in Newark. Worked with Newark Bureau of Charities. She published short stories, essays, and book reviews in national journals and magazines. Photo from Wellesley College. At…
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Florence Haines
1869-1955 Secretary of the New Jersey Women’s Political Union Charter Member of the Newark League of Women Voters New Jersey Assembly Representative from 1926-1931 Lifelong Resident of Newark. Graduated Newark High in 1888.…