1869-1955

Secretary of the New Jersey Women’s Political Union Charter Member of the Newark League of Women Voters New Jersey Assembly Representative from 1926-1931

Lifelong Resident of Newark. Graduated Newark High in 1888.

Supervisor of Music in Newark Public Schools

Sister of Margaret Haines, first sisters in the General Assembly.

Photo from Rutgers Special Collections.

Central Home News May 7, 1929

Bibliography

Suffrage Database

Wingert, Dorothea, Newark Sunday Call. “Women Combines Politics and Teaching Successfully” Oct 23, 1927

Women’s Project of New Jersey, Past and Promise Lives of New Jersey Women

H-03 Haines, Florence L. Newark News Morgue, Newark Public Library