Category: 1850-1869 (Born)
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Louise Connolly
1862-1927 Supervisor of grammar grades Newark Pubic Schools (1902). Became associated with Public library. About 1906-1910, served as superintendent in the Summit Schools. Potentially ousted because she was a woman. 1912 became Educational…
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Margaret Coult
1860-1930 Head of the English department for the Newark high school system and a teacher at Barringer for many years. Trustee of the library and museum and author of several books on education.…
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Margaretta T Craven
c. 1853-1935 Founded Miss Craven’s School in Newark, opened in Spring 1875. Craven retired in 1915 and the school was taken over by Mrs. William Lamont. Mrs. Lamont acquired Prospect Hill School in…
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Mary E. Cary Burrell
1866-1949 Born in Virginia. Strong member of NJ State Federation of Women’s Clubs from 1915, running the Legislative Department, while living in East Orange, working for causes including suffrage and prison reform (chairman…
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Adelina “Addie” McIntyre Garris
1869 – 1936 Cited by William Ashby and the Afro American as one of the earliest African American teachers in Newark. Lived at 13 Academy St and 69 Plane St. Listed as “Mulatto”…
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(Clara) Irene Pataquam Mulford
c.1854- 1945 In 1872, first African American pupil to attend the Newark High School. Previously African American students attended the Colored School. She had to sit alone in the last seat because she…
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Emma Coleman
1864-1935 Ran Coleman National Business College in Newark after the death of her husband in 1903. Bibliography NJ Women’s Project, “Past and Promise: The Lives of NJ Women” (extensive) Kukla, Barbara J., “Newark…
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Emily Coe Jenkinson
1855-1922 Emily (Coe) Jenkinson (d. 1922) served as president of the Newark YWCA for more than 20 years. The Sunday Call listed her in 1922 as one of 50 people who had done…