Category: 1910-1929 (Born)
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Marie E Gonzalez
c. 1915-2006 Came to the US in 1929 and Newark in 1940. Called the “Puerto Rican Mayoress of Newark”. Chief stewardess of Ruberset Co. union. Formed the first interracial Boy Scout troop at…
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Marie Foster Whigham
1923-2006 Helped her husband Charles Whigham to found Citi National Bank and Whigham Funeral Home. Mayor Sharpe James called her “the queen of our city”. Founded the Women’s League and active in the…
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Amealia Steward
1915-2001 Owned Steward’s Restaurant and Peppermint Lounge. Self-made millionaire. Bibliography Kukla, Barbara J. Newark Women: From Suffragettes to the Statehouse. Kukla, Barbara J. “City Mourns Loss of Many Leaders, Educators and Young Victims”…
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Ella Wright Moncur
1919-1999 Born in Newark, lived in NYC in 1930. Wife of jazz artist, owned the Theatrical Beauty Salon in Newark, and also a salon called Monte’s Powder Puff. Later retired to Florida and…
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Eugenia “Jeanne/Jean” (Byrd) Dawkins
c. 1926-1978 Owned the Key Club, one of Newark’s most famous jazz clubs, with her husband. She ran the club after her husband died In 1976 she was named Newark’s Woman of the…
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Jennie Caputo
1918-1996 Gymnast who competed in the 1936 Olympics. Married name Pascuzzi. Entered into the Newark Athletic Hall of Fame 1992. She won the all-around 1st prize in Olympic tryouts. She was a city…
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Sally Carroll
1922-2019 One of the first Black policewomen along with Rhoda Daniels and Eleanor M. Stokes . Actively involved with the Newark branch of the NAACP for 40+ years, served as President. Served on…
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Mildred Preen
1919-1979 Mildred Preen, graduate of West Side High in Newark was the first woman to graduate in Electrical Engineering at Newark College of Engineering, was an Assemblywoman, private pilot, and served with the…