Category: 1930-1959 (Born)
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Huldah Clark
1947- Huldah Clark made international news in 1961. Her family lived in the Christopher Columbus Housing Projects, with 6 children. Her father could not afford living expenses for the whole family, and also believed schools in Newark were segregated “Jim Crow schools”. When he received an offer from Nikita Khrushchev that would cover his daughter’s…
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Estelle Stuckelman Greenberg
1933- Estelle Greenberg was an activist in Newark in the 1960s. Among other roles she was: chairman of Essex County Concerned Democrats, ran the Freedom Democratic Party in Newark and was a leader in the South Ward Independent Voters League. Estelle and her husband Gerald lives at 17 Porter Ave in Weequahic. Some of her…
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Gladys Hillman-Jones
1938-1998 Gladys Hillman-Jones worked 32 years as a teacher and administrator for the Newark Public Schools, becoming deputy superintendent. In her eulogy, Rev. James Scott said, “if Gladys left no other legacy it was that she told us in so many countless ways that we can make a difference”, and stated that she had a…
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Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps
c. 1951- Dr. Linda Caldwell Epps grew up in Elizabeth and has a long connection to Newark. She graduated from Douglass College in 1973. Dr. Epps served as President and CEO of the NJ Historical Society, in Newark. She’s also served as a consultant to various colleges, funded by the Ford Foundation, and held various…
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Mamie White Bridgeforth
1944- Mamie Bridgeforth was a City Council member from 1998-2006. She is a community leader, professor, Chairperson of the Division of Social Sciences at Essex County College, and an ordained minister. She is currently Pastor of the Faith Christian Center Ministries in Newark, New Jersey. Bridgeforth has worked for Essex County as a faculty member for…
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Patricia Fenix Kettenring
1941-2023 Born in CA, Patricia Kettenring created and directed the Business and the Arts Program at the Rutgers Newark Business. Pat taught courses in marketing, non-profit accounting, entrepreneurship, and arts fundraising. Pat wanted to address inequality in Newark through arts so she founded GlassRoots in Newark in 2001. GlassRoots provides glassmaking workshops and business skill…
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Debra Holmes
1953- Holmes was one of the first women in NJ to graduate as a Journeyman, Machinist, Tool & Die Maker / Mechanical Engineer. She worked at Westinghouse and then Anhueser-Busch in Newark, where she was the only female Machinist and Mechanical Tech Planner in the history of the company. Holmes worked at Anhueser-Busch for 32…
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Gloria Jones Swieringa
1938- In 1956, Gloria Jones was believed to be the first blind student ever elected to the National Honor Society, while she was at Barringer High School. She was an A student and also involved in many clubs and planned to go to Boston University. She said, “I do not believe I could do anything…