Category: 1870-1889 (Born)
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Margaret Douglas Haines
1884-1966 Lifelong resident of Newark. Member of the General Assembly 1949-1953. Taught at Garfield and Avon Ave Schools. Canteen worker and ambulance driver in WWI. Signal corps driver and USO Organizer in Newark…
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Mariana Higbie Barker
1880- April 24, 1967 Born in Newark, graduate of Smith College 1901. President of the Board of Babies Hospital. She was a founder of the Babies Hospital Guild. Involved for 65 years. Received…
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Stella Windsor Wright
1887-1932 From North Carolina. Social worker who helped establish the Friendly Neighborhood House with Gladys Churchman and Louise Shugard. Stella Wright Homes was named after her. She also helped to establish a Girls…
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Clara Zahn
1870-1953 Born in Newark, attended Newark Public Schools and Newark Normal School. First woman principal of a grammar school. There were woman as primary school principals from 1855, the earliest year for which…
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Jennie Reich Danzis
1875 – Sept 24, 1945 Wife of Max Danzis and was one of the founders of Beth Israel Hospital, with her husband. President of the Beth Israel Hospital Ladie’s Guild. Founded the Reciprocity…
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Alice Condit Kirkpatrick
11 Dec 1875 – 15 Jan 1951 First woman in Newark to head a city governing board. Elected in 1917 as President of the Recreation Commission, after being appointed for the start of…
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Fannie Rosencrantz
1881-? Called by the Evening Star the first female dentist in Newark. Born in Russia. Graduated the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. In 1905, the only woman of 47 candidates to pass NJ…
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Laura Mayo Wilson
1871-1963 First woman to graduate the New Jersey Law School, along with Lulu Kinsgsland Garrabrant (who was never admitted to the bar). New Jersey Law School became Rutgers Law School, in Newark in…