1885-1962
Dora G Roworth was the first woman to get a CPA license in the NJ on Dec 11, 1909. She was an officer in the NJ Society of CPAs and worked at 790 Broad St and later owned her own business on Commerce Street. In 1930 she lived at 891 S 16th St.
Born in Brooklyn, she retired in 1957. She graduated from Bloomfield High in 1904.
Bibliography
Newark City Directories, digital.npl.org
“Women Becomes CPA” Newark Star, April 10,1912, Chronicling America.
Census records
Asbury Park Press Obit Dec 3, 1962.
Photo from Ancestry.com family tree.
“Dora G Roworth, CPA Since 1909” Newark News Dec 3, 1962
“Bloomfield School Commencement” Newark News May 25, 1904
Women CPA’s Pioneers of the First Century, Women CPA, Oct 1985