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Renee Starks Steed
1914-1996 Born Renee Gregory. Fashion designer. Directed Renee’s School of French Designing and Modeling (591 High St) and ran New York Hat Shoppe 392 Springfield Ave. Founded Renee Stark Enterprises and Renee’s Rental Services. Also owned Renee’s Acreage Recreational Area in Tuckahoe, NJ. Founded the New Jersey Community Council on Drug Addiction and High Society…
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Julia Baxter Bates
c. 1917-2003 The first African-American student admitted to Douglass College. Granddaughter of James Baxter, principal of the Colored School. Master’s degree from Columbia University. Was denied the right to teach in New Jersey’s high schools so instructor at Dillard University in New Orleans. Headed the research component at NAACP headquarters. Education director at NewArk Prep,…
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Marian C Manley
1892-1977 Ran Newark’s Business Library, a branch of the Public Library from 1926-1954. She retired in Oct 1954. Under her leadership the Business Library was known far and wide for excellent service. Said her employees when she retired, “Life was kind to have placed us under the supervision of Marian C Manley…there is no explanation…
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Alma C Mitchill
c. 1893-1960 A Brooklyn native, Alma Mitchill came to Newark 2 years after graduation. She served as librarian at PSE&G in Newark until her retirement in 1955. She increased their circulation by many times. She had many roles in the Special Libraries Association and became the NJ President from 1935-1937 and 1947-1949 and the National…
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Irene Rutherford O’Crowley
1885-1974 Born in Newark, early woman lawyer. Attended Barringer High School. Graduated from NJ Law School 1919 as VP of her class. First President of the Newark chapter of Zonta International. She was a member of the International Association of Woman Attorney and active in the League of Women Voters. She was admitted to the…
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Dr. Vera Schectman
1890-1971 Russian immigrant. Graduate of the Women’s Medical College of UPenn. The first woman doctor at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark. On the staff at Beth Israel through 1970. Also had a practice in Newark. Also medical examiner for the Civil Service Commission for many years. Bibliography Wingert, Dorothea. “Newark Doctor Left Russia As Girl…
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Mabel F Thomas
1887-1974 Early female dentist in Newark. Worked for Dr. C A Spahn and then practiced on her own. She began practicing on her own after graduating the Thomas Evans Institute of UPenn as one of only five women in 1918. She’s listed in the city directories under Newark dentists from at least 1920 to 1942.…
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Janet MacRorie
1887-1950 Assistant ad manager for PSE&G for 10 years. Pioneer in setting up standards and polices for commercial radio programs. Editor of Advertising Women 1924-1925. Report, feature writer, and women’s page editor for the Newark Star-Eagle. Bibliography Wingert, Dorothea. “She Writes Ads Now Saving Her Stories Until Old Age” Newark Sunday Call Oct 24, 1926…
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Carole Anderson Graves
1938- President of the Newark Teacher’s Union. Leader of the 1970 Teacher’s Strike. Later ran for General Assembly and served as Essex County Register. 1955 Arts Yearbook Bibliography G-25, Graves Carole, Newark News Morgue, Newark Library AND S-56 Strikes — Teachers — Newark Carole Graves Discusses Newark Teachers Strikes Extensive Star Ledger coverage Fiorito, Frank…
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Ruth Crumpton Dargan
1921-2010 Became a Newark policewoman in 1949. First Newark woman detective chosen for the Homicide Squad and sent to Quantico for advanced criminal investigation. She was the only woman chosen to initiate the Sex Crimes Unit during her tenure. Served as bodyguard for Eleanor Roosevelt, Coretta Scott King, and Carol Graves. Recording secretary of Batons…