Category: Education, Museums and Libraries
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Marie Antoinette Quinby
1848-1909 Born at Park Place, Newark, died in Newark. Attended school at St. Mary’s in Burlington, NJ. Lee wrote, “Beautiful in person with a fine mind and charming manners she was a leader…
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Kate Louise Roberts
1861-1941 Editor of Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. She got the job through JK Hoyt editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser who was a family friend. Her first publication was in 1922.…
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Frances and Eliza Coult
1836-1935, 1866-1935 Mother and sister of Margaret Coult. Wife and daughter of Joseph Coult, Newark counsel. Frances lived to be 99 and was active in Christ Reformed Chuch in Newark and enjoyed bridge.…
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Miriam Ogden Ball
1890-1968 From an old Newark family, born in Newark daughter of Mary Depue Ogden. Attended Wellesley College and worked briefly for Newark Library before returning in 1934. In 1951, was assigned to the…
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Clara Dasher
1930-1995 President of the Essex County College Board of Trustees, longtime active member of the Newark Teacher’s Union. Teacher from 1959-1973. President of the NJ A Philip Randolph Institute. Served on the Governor’s…
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Clara Zahn
1870-1953 Born in Newark, attended Newark Public Schools and Newark Normal School. First woman principal of a grammar school. There were woman as primary school principals from 1855, the earliest year for which…
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Elitea Bulkley Allison
c. 1913 -2007 Received her graduate degree of Library Science in 1936, starting in Orangeburg South Carolina. Bachlor’s from Claflin College. Library Science Degree from Hampton Institute. One of the early African Americans…
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Eleta Caldwell
1945-2017 Principal at Arts High School 1991-2003, previously Chair of Art and teacher. Artist, co-founded the 1980s, “Black Women in Visual Perspective” Group which included Gladys Grauer. Exhibited at City Without Walls, and…