Category: 1820-1849 (Born)
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Sarah Fawcett
1846-1899 First supervisor of drawing in Newark. She had a “strong personality which was a combination of the clean-cut principles of her Puritan ancestors and a breadth of mind, clear vision and great…
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Mary H. Avery Hine
1822-1907 18-year president of the YWCA, later honorary president. On death, she was the oldest member of Christ Church in Newark. Officer of the Union Women’s Missionary Society, Newark Branch. President of the…
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Nellie Gray (Grashof)
c. 1843-1928 Singer, mezzo-soprano. Active in the choirs at Trinity Cathedral (quartet during Civil War) and B’Nai Jeshurun as well as the Newark Harmonic Society and Opera Society and the Rubenstein Club of…
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Jeannette Gilder
1849-1916 Worked in the editorial department of the Newark Morning Register and worked for the Newark Registrar of deeds. Wrote for the Newark Morning Register at age 18. Bibliography Kukla, Barbara J. Newark…
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Emma Ward Edwards
1845-1896 Emma Ward Edwards was one of the first woman doctors in NJ. Born in Newark, she graduated valedictorian of the first class of the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary…
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Amanda Douglas
1831-1916 Children’s author who wrote 92 published books and lived at 461 (1905) and 470 (1910) Summer Ave and earlier on Orange Street (1880) Born in NYC but moved to Newark in 1850.…
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Mary Mapes Dodge
1831-1905 Children’s author best known for Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. Born in Newark and lived there for many years. Bibliography New Jersey Women’s History Cummings, Charles, “From Cundict to Dodge Women…