Category: 1870-1889 (Born)
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Louise Shugard
1870-1951 Louise Shugard was known as “the most prominent woman in Newark”. She worked with the Red Cross, Colored Free Neighborhood House, East Side Day Nursey, the Visiting Nurse’s Association and many more…
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Dr. Marie Louise Lefort
1874-1951 Newark native Dr Marie Lefort was the first woman appointed district physician for Newark from 1898-1902, significantly improving conditions in the city in her tenure. Later she practiced in NYC and during…
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Dora G Roworth
1885-1962 Dora G Roworth was the 1st woman to get a CPA license in the NJ in 1909. She was an officer in the NJ Society of CPAs and worked at 790 Broad…
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Musette Brooks Gregory
1876-1921 Musette Gregory was a suffragist and activist. She was a leader in the Urban League of Newark and Vice President of the Newark Branch of the NAACP. She was on the Executive…
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H. Blanche Harris
1878-1956 (Thanks to George Robb who did much research on Harris). Blanche Harris was active in the suffrage movement in Newark. She was president of the Lincoln Branch, Women’s Political Union of Newark.…
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Elsa Rehmann
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
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Antoinette Rehmann Perrett
1880-1952 Garden photographer and magazine writer. Wrote for national publications. Sister of Elsa Rehmann. 492 Mt. Prospect Ave. Graduated Newark High School in 1897. Bibliography “Pictoral Photography Work Gains Success for Woman” April…
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Josephine Lawrence
1889-1978 Newark Sunday Call Children’s and Household Editor. Newark News Women’s Page Editor and Weekly Columnist. Wrote over 100 children’s book with Stratemayer and over 30 adult books. She attended Barringer High School…