Category: Politics & Government
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Mildred Crump
1938-2024 Mildred Crump was Newark’s first African American councilwoman in 1994 and first female council President, from 2006-2010 and 2013-2021. She was also the first African American Braille teacher in NJ. Born in…
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Mollie Dawkins
1908-1984 Mollie Dawkins was co-organizer of the Dawkins Civic Association, worked for the Housing Authority and worked with South Side First Aid Squad & Sunshine Teleservice for senior citizens. In 1976 she received…
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Vera Brantley McMillon
1909-1987 Vera McMillon worked for the Public Welfare Department for 37 years retiring as a Supervisor, co-founded Tri City People’s Organization for Progress and a branch of the National Council for Negro Women.…
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Sophie L Cooper
1912-1971 Sophie L. Cooper was Newark’s first elected councilwoman, in the South Ward from 1957-1962. Photo from Newark Public Library. Bibliography Digitized letters from Newark Library C-35, Cooper, Samuel E., Mrs., Newark News…
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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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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.…
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Marie Siconolfi Villani
1921-2021 Marie Villani was the first women in Newark elected to citywide office. She served as Councilwoman from 1973-1993. Lived in Newark briefly as a child but graduated high school and went to…