Category: 1870-1889 (Born)
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Anna Luella Seager
c.1887 -1957 Associate supervisor of the Newark Normal School and later Associate Professor Education at New Jersey State Teacher’s College. Planned international trips for the students. Graduated Columbia University. Worked at the Normal…
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Charlotte Kroll
1872-1958 Owner of Domestic Art Rooms 149 Washington St., teaching china painting. Buried by St. John’s Church Newark. Also imported and dealt in china with Mrs. Florence Nightingale Waterfield. Lived in Newark from…
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Mary Philbrook
1872-1958 First female attorney admitted to the bar in New Jersey. Practiced in Newark for many years. Bibliography “New Jersey Women’s History”. New Jersey Women’s Histor. 2020. Hendrickson, Lisa. “Biographical Sketch of Mary Philbrook”. Alexander Street.…
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Irene Rutherford O’Crowley
1885-1974 Born in Newark, early woman lawyer. Attended Barringer High School. Graduated from NJ Law School 1919 as VP of her class. First President of the Newark chapter of Zonta International. She was…
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Mabel F Thomas
1887-1974 Early female dentist in Newark. Worked for Dr. C A Spahn and then practiced on her own. She began practicing on her own after graduating the Thomas Evans Institute of UPenn as…
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Janet MacRorie
1887-1950 Assistant ad manager for PSE&G for 10 years. Pioneer in setting up standards and polices for commercial radio programs. Editor of Advertising Women 1924-1925. Report, feature writer, and women’s page editor for…
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Florence Peshine Eagleton
1870-1953 Born and died in Newark. Vice President of the NJ Suffrage Association, president of the Woman’s Political Union. Founder of the New Jersey League of Woman Voters. One of the first woman…
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Armita Harris Douglas
1874-1958 President, New Jersey Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. Helped organize the NAACP and the Urban League in Newark and was a charter member of the city’s Phyllis Wheatley Literary Club. Active in…