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Sarah Schloss
1838-1924 For 38 years, president of the Frauen Verein Naechstenliebe or Friendly Sisters which was a leading Hebrew charitable organization in Newark. She was named an honorary life member and honorary president of the organization and the oldest member as of 1910, having been a member for 48 years. She lived in Newark since her…
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Irene E Morris
1900-1953 Irene Morris worked for the Board of Health for over 25 years. She graduated from Mercy Hospital in Philadelphia with the class of 1922. Listed as a nurse in city directories from 1923 and appointed as a visiting nurse for the Board of Health March 1926, and a nurse at Newark City Hospital August…
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Mildred Miller Free
1893-1939 Prominent in church and women’s circles. Active in St. Philips Church and the NJ State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs of which she was Recording Secretary and Financial Secretary. Active in the Phyllis Wheatly Society, where she was secretary, and the Lit-Muse Club. She was secretary, and later treasurer, of the Newark Branch of…
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Hamilton Family
Laura Bland Hamilton 1853-1952 Born into slavery in VA. Came to Newark after the Civil War with her sister and married Frederick Hamilton. Founder of Bethany Baptist Church. Organized a factory making baby clothes in her home which she ran for 18 years. Her husband also had an automobile exchange at their home 90 Court…
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Mildred Morris Williams
1905-1958 One of the early Black teachers in Newark. In 1938 the Herald News called her “one of Newark’s popular school teachers”, “charming” and a “member of one of New Jersey’s outstanding families”. She taught at Abington Ave School, in 1st grade, for her whole career. Born in Newark and sister of Irene E Morris.…
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Linda H. Morley and Adelaide C. Kight
1885-1972, 1889-1972 Linda Morley was head of the business branch of Newark Public Library after Sarah Ball and before Marian Manley from 1917(1919?)-1926. With Adelaide Kight she wrote “2400 business books and guide to business literature” (1920) and “Business books 1920-1926” (1927). The Wilson Bulletin called Kight and Morley the “moving spirits of Newark’s Business…
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Sarah Bedell Ball
1879-1962 Head of Newark’s business library from 1907-1917 or 1919. Inducted into Special Library hall of fame in 1959 with Alma Mitchell. Helped found the Special Libraries Association. Later became a bookseller in New York (Ball & Wilde) and died in Hartford, CT. Born in Pennslyvania, graduated Pratt Library School in 1902. Bibliography Ball, Sarah…
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Sara Jane Ash
1886-1973 One of only two woman engineers at NJ Bell Telephone Company as of 1937. Started in 1902. Born in Paterson and worked at Bell in Paterson and other places until 1929 when she was appointed Assistant Engineer of the Traffic Department at Newark Bell. According to her obit was an engineer for 47 years,…
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Dr. Gertrude Ash Golat
c. 1909-1980 Graduate of University of Vienna Medical School, came to Newark in 1939. For 25 years worked as a part time physician for the Newark Board of Education and in the 1960s led the drive for better sex education in Newark schools, creating a training program for teachers. She was a proponent of abortion…
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Rose Baldasare Maker
1913-1997 1939 Women’s Singles NJ Tennis Champion and the Newark Open Champion 4 years in succession. Lived at 258 Van Buren St. Graduate of East Side High. After marriage member of Newark’s Municipal Career Women, served in city role’s from 1941 including supervising accounts of Newark City Hospital. She was administrate analyst in the Office…