Category: Other Careers

Melinda Scott

Feb 23, 2022

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Newark Women

in 1870-1889 (Born), Activists and Community Leaders, Immigrant (born outside the Continental US), Other Careers, Suffrage

1876-1954 Melinda Scott was an English immigrant and President of a Hat Trimmers Union in Newark & worked for suffrage including being part of a delegation to President Wilson. She was also a…
Elsa Rehmann

Feb 23, 2022

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Newark Women

in 1870-1889 (Born), Born or raised in Newark (high school or before), Other Careers

1886-1946 Sister of Antoinette Perrett. Famed landscape architect. Large biography linked below from the Cultural Landscape Foundation. 1908 Barnard Graduate. 1904 Newark High graduate. Lived at 492 Mt. Prospect Ave. Bibliography