Category: 1890-1909 (Born)
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Rose Slavitt
1895-1969 Born in Newark, but grew up in New York for some years (1910). Back in Newark by 1915. First woman to manage a department at Prudential Insurance Co. in 1952. She was…
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Tina Eugene Holtzclaw Bohannon
1905-1999 Photo from Arts High Yearbook, 1966 An early Black teacher in Newark, hired before 1945, firstly as a “permanent sub” at Cleveland Junior High, because Black teachers could not be officially hired…
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May C. Korb Cronham McBath
1892-1978 Soprano who performed throughout the United States and Canada at least through the 1930s. She said, “I am a Newark girl through and through. I was born here and my father was…
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Elizabeth Hardin Goss
1895-1953 Graduated Miss Townsend’s School in Newark and then went to Vassar where she broke the world record in shot put, as well as the basketball and baseball throw. Her shot put record…
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Dr. Edith Gann
1905-1998 Graduate of Miller Street School, South Side High and the Normal School. Received a Phd from psychology from Columbia. She was a principal at Camden Street, Avon Avenue, and Maple Avenue Elementary…
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Mary Womble Spruel
1906-1988 An early Black teacher, hired in 1945 (see Timeline, bottom of page here). Born and raised in Montclair and taught for a total of 48 years, mostly in Newark. Had a masters and…
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Maude E Emery
1888-1973 Born in Boston, came to Newark before 1905. Graduated Barnard in 1910. Taught Latin and History at South Side High School for 41 years. Bibliography “Miss Emery 85 Newark Teacher” Star Ledger…
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Bertha Rosenthal
1891-1957 Early College of Pharmacy graduate in 1909, “one of the youngest graduates of the college”. Only one other woman graduated that year, though the first woman graduates were in 1901 there were…