Category: 1890-1909 (Born)
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Dr. E. Mae McCarroll
1898-1990 Dr. E Mae McCarroll was the first American American physician at Newark City Hospital in 1946. She said she was “pleased to represent the beginning of greater opportunities for Negro physicians in our city.” Mae practice for 44 years in Newark. She was physician for the City of Newark from 1934. Mae received MS…
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Jennie Precker
1892-1981 Jennie Precker founded the nation’s first woman’s bank the Susan B. Anthony Building & Loan Association. It was the first bank in the world whose officers, directors, counsel & staff were all female! It was founded in 1923. The bank was founded at 1186 Raymond Blvd and named after Susan B. Anthony. The bank…
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Mary Beasley Burch
1906-2001 Mary Beasley Burch founded the Leaguers non-profit focused on the development of African American youth & was the first African American woman to serve on the Newark Board of Ed. & NJ State Parole Board. She was on the board of Essex County College and contributed to its founding. The theater at ECC is…
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Dorothea H Wingert
1905-1990 Dorothea started writing for Newark newspapers in her teens. She wrote dozens of articles for a series on business and professional women in NJ in 1926-1927 when she was 21-22. In Jun 1926 she was placed in charge of the Call’s resort news bureau at Asbury Park. In 1934, she wrote several articles for the Newark…
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Brenda Estelle Ray Moryck
1894-1945 Black writer and social activist born in Newark. Worked with Newark Bureau of Charities. She published short stories, essays, and book reviews in national journals and magazines. Photo from Wellesley College. At the time of her graduation from Wellesley in 1916 her address was 61 Kearny (31 Kearney seems to be the correct address)…
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Effa Manley
1897-1981 Effa Manley owned the Newark Eagles, championship winning Negro Leagues team with her husband Abraham Manley. She was very active in the running of the baseball team. There are several books written about her life including James Overmeyer’s “Queen of the Negro Leagues”. The Newark News wrote in 1942, “There is little she doesn’t…