Category: 1910-1929 (Born)
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Ruth Greenberg Shiminsky
1918-1971 Ran for NJ Governor on the Socialist Workers Party in 1961 (living 202 Clinton Pl Newark), 1965 (2 Aldine St, Newark). In 1965, she was the only woman candidate for governor. She…
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Nadaline Wolfson Dworkin
Aug 5, 1928 -May 17, 2017 Born in NYC, Nadaline Wolfson married Donald Dworkin in 1947 and they lived in Newark’s Weequahic section by the late 1950s. By 1958 she was on the…
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Corrina Pitters Kay-Williams
1924-1994 Corrina Kay-Williams was born to Jamaican parents in East Orange. She served as an Essex County freeholder, East Orange councilwomen and educator in Newark, retiring as Vice Principal of Central High. “She…
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Fanny Tuell (Faye Adams, Scruggs, Jones)
1923-2016? Pioneering R&B singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1950s, including 1953 hit “Shake a Hand”. Active from the 1940s-1960s. Born in Newark as Fanny Tuell and lived at 588 North…
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Modina Boyd Davis Watson
1926-1994 Hairdresser, makeup artists, assistant, secretary, stylist and “gal Friday” for Sarah Vaughan who traveled the world with Vaughan from 1950-1960. Modina met Vaughan at Arts High where they became close friends. Later,…
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Elizabeth “Betty” Hoyt Baker Henderson
1912-1999 Elizabeth Henderson, with her husband Dorland, bought and preserved, Newark’s oldest private residence: the Sydenham House, getting so involved that they lived as in colonial times in many ways, she wove cloth…
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Bernice Schneiderman Edelcreek
1927-2015 Born and raised in Newark, Bernice Edelcreek said “Newark was the only place I ever really wanted to teach.” A physical education teacher, she was named Newark’s Teacher of the Year in…
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Eva Hodgson
1924-2020 Eva Hodgson was an internationally known Bermudian activist, union leader and author (read more here). However, she had an important Newark connection and was in Newark for a significant time period. In…