c. 1829-2 Jan 1880
First principal of the Female Department of Newark High School in 1855. The 1938 Barringer yearbook wrote, “an inspiration to all her students when high school and college education for women was in its infancy”. She had poetry and short stories published, including in the Daily Advertiser.
Reichle writes, “Eliza A. Chase, writer of verse and short stories and principal of one of the Newark district schools, was recruited to head the female department of the high school. Miss Chase was remembered with affection and respect well into the twentieth century, exhorting the girls around her to outdo the boys in scholarship and cultivating an appreciation of the arts that at least some of her charges never forgot.”
In 1866, the Daily Advertiser ran ads for the opening of the “Eliza A. Chase School” and in 1869 announced some of its graduates.
Eliza was born in New York, and is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. She lived at 1 Sherman Ave and 1 Hanover Pl in Newark.
Bibliography
1857 Board of Education Annual Report
Raichle, “Stephen Congar and…”
Daily Advertiser: Jun 29, 1869; Dec 27, 1866; Feb 27, 1853
U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
City directories