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Estrella Alonso Martinez
1924-1998 Lifelong Newark resident, daughter of Spanish immigrants. With her husband Antonio, founded what they claim was the first Spanish restaurant in the area – the first Spanish Tavern in the Ironbound in 1963. Later they founded the Spanish Pavillion in Harrison. She was a member of the Centro-Orensano Club. Bibliography “Estrella Martinez, Owned Restaurants”…
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Marie E Gonzalez
c. 1915-2006 Came to the US in 1929 and Newark in 1940. Called the “Puerto Rican Mayoress of Newark”. Chief stewardess of Ruberset Co. union. Formed the first interracial Boy Scout troop at St. James. Specialist on Puerto Rican Affairs with the Newark Human Rights Commission from 1963-1981. Chairman of the City’s Advisory Council on…
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Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Kinney
1810-1889 Called “one of the cleverest women that ever lived in Newark”. She wrote for The Knickerbocker Magazine, Godey’s Lady’s Book, and Graham’s Magazine. Her second marriage was to William Kinney editor of the Daily Advertiser and Newark Star. Contributed to the Advertiser where she “took charge of the literary department” , writing “all the book notices…
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Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
1892-1982 Wrote over 200 books over her literary career, including the plot outlines for many Nancy Drew books. Took over control of the Stratemeyer business after her father’s death. Born in Newark and lived there through at least 1915. Buried in Fairmount Cemetery. Bibliography Chira, Susan. “Harriet Adams Dies. Nancy Drew Author Wrote Over 200 Novels”, The…
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Lilian McNamara Garis
1873-1954 Wrote for the Newark News in charge of “Women’s Work”, their first female reporter. Married Howard Garis and wrote hundreds of books for the Stratemayer syndicate, some under pen names. Lilian Garis is one of the writers who always wrote, She expressed herself in verse from early school days and it was then predicted…
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Loraine White
c. 1947 In 1980, said to be the first Black woman to become a high school football coach in the United States. In the Newark Athletic Hall of Fame. NJ’s first female assistant coach. Bibliography Extension of Remarks Newark Athletic Hall of Fame Kukla, Barbara J. “Newark Women: from Suffragettes to the State House” Glicken,…
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Elizabeth Burke Del Tufo
1933- Head of the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee. Newark Historian. Known for her tours of Newark. In 1980, first director of Cultural Affairs for Essex County. Bibliography Liz Del Tufo – nj.com Preserving the Past – Newark’s Liz Del Tufo Elizabeth Del Tufo on Historic Preservation in Newark Newark Landmarks
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Sally (Sara) E. Cooke Young
1905-1967 Born and raised in Newark. 1924 graduate of Central High. Lived at 169 Norfolk St when she graduated Central. Her father Ambrose was listed on the census as a book author. She was the Daily News secretary at Central High. In 1941, she was on the advisory committee for Hughe Allison’s Midnight Over Newark.…
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Jeannette Gilder
1849-1916 Worked in the editorial department of the Newark Morning Register and worked for the Newark Registrar of deeds. Wrote for the Newark Morning Register at age 18. Bibliography Kukla, Barbara J. Newark Women: From Suffragettes to the State House. Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman’s Who’s who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of…
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Diane Sutton
1941-2001 Co-owned Je’s Restaurant. The first restaurant in Downtown Newark founded by people of color. Mayor Sharpe James called her “the heart and soul of downtown Newark”. Photo from Newark NJ Memories. Bibliography Kukla, Barbara J. Newark Women: From Suffragettes to the Statehouse. Roberts, Reginald. “Diane Sutton the soul of southern cooking” Star Ledger Aug…