Category: Fashion & Beauty
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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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Modina Boyd Davis Watson
1926-1994 Hairdresser, makeup artists, assistant, secretary, stylist and “gal Friday” for Sarah Vaughan who traveled the world with Vaughan from 1950-1960. Modina met Vaughan at Arts High where they became close friends. Later,…
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Rosamond Stewart Marrow
1903-1972 President of the Board of the Community Hospital (African American hospital, previously Kenney) in Newark. Also on the faculty of Essex County Vocational School in Beauty Culture. She was involved in politics…
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Renee Starks Steed
1914-1996 Born Renee Gregory. Fashion designer. Directed Renee’s School of French Designing and Modeling (591 High St) and ran New York Hat Shoppe 392 Springfield Ave. Founded Renee Stark Enterprises and Renee’s Rental…
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Olivia Queene Brown
1882-1954 Beauty culturist since 1912, ran the Poro Beauty School on 9 Wallace Street which she opened in 1936 or 1937. On her death, the Afro American wrote how she had organized the…
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Mae Muldrow
1909 -1977 Owned LaVogue Beauty Salon. Nationally known and active with the Cordelia Greene Johnson Foundation (scholarships for beauticians). She graduated from the Myriam Caragu Beauty School in Paris. General chairman of the…
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Ella Wright Moncur
1919-1999 Born in Newark, lived in NYC in 1930. Wife of jazz artist, owned the Theatrical Beauty Salon in Newark, and also a salon called Monte’s Powder Puff. Later retired to Florida and…
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Emily Rollins Miles
1910-1999 Fashion designer. Known for her hats and for frequent fashion shows in Newark. Born Emma Rollins in Tennessee. Image from: Newark Library. Bibliograpjy “History of Queer Club Spaces in Newark | Queer…