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Sandra “Sandy” King
1948- Sandy King was the host of Emmy Award Winning Due Process which has won two dozen regional Emmys. She is an award-winning producer and anchor of news, documentaries, and public affairs programs. Sandy King was born in Newark and graduated with the Weeqauhic Class of 1965 and from Rutgers Newark. She began writing articles…
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Maria Vizcarrondo-De Soto
1951- Maria Vizcarrondo-De Soto had many important executive roles in the community. She served as director of ASPIRA for many years, was the first Hispanic elected Essex county official and then was the first woman and Latina President of United Way of Essex and Hudson, for 10 years. She also was the first director of…
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Myrna Milan
1954- Myrna Milan-Rivera Myrna Milan was the first Hispanic woman Newark municipal judge in 1988 and active with the Puerto Rican Congress and ASPIRA. As a judge, she was well-known for developing alternative sentences for offenders, according to the book Latinas: Hispanic Women in the US. Myrna was born in Hoboken, of Puerto Rican descent,…
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Mary E. Cary Burrell
1866-1947 Mary Burrell was a strong member of NJ State Federation of Women’s Clubs from 1915, running the Legislative Department, while living in East Orange, working for causes including suffrage and prison reform (chairman of prison reform). Mary was born Mary E Cary, in Virginia. By 1920, she lived in Newark on Howard Street and…
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Mary Thompson King
c. 1806 – 19 Mar 1894 Mary Thompson married Jacob King on Oct 22, 1829. With her husband, she ran an Underground Railroad stop out of 70 Warren St. Jacob was treasurer of the Colored Anti Slavery Society of Newark. Marcia was the mother of Marcia King Stillwell, Ellen C. King, & Harriet A. King…
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Mary Hazard Avery Hine
1821-1907 Mary Hine was active in Newark civil work, including as 18 year president of the YMCA. Mary was born in Connecticut and married Charles C Hine in St. Louis, MO in 1853. Charles was an insurance journalist, publisher and editor, also working in banking and teaching in his early career. The couple and their…
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Griselda Ellis
1870- Sept 8, 1949 Griselda Ellis considered herself “Newark born and bred”. She was appointed Principal of the Girls Vocational School in 1914 and remained so until her retirement in 1927. She said, “If I had my life to live over again I would certainly go into teaching.” Griselda helped grow the school from 40…
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Rosamond Stewart Marrow
1903-1972 Bob Queen called Rosamond (Rosamund) Stewart Marrow, “one of NJ’s most outstanding personalities over the past half century.” Rosamond founded Simplex Beauty School, which was at 126-128 West Kinney Street. She was also a founder of the Cosmetologists Guild. She was president of the Board of the Community Hospital (African American hospital, previously Kenney)…
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Adelina “Addie” McIntyre Garris
1869 – 1936 Adelia McIntyre is cited by William Ashby and the Afro American as one of the earliest African American teachers in Newark. Adelina lived at 13 Academy St and 69 Plane St. She is listed as “Mulatto” on the 1880 census and “White” on the 1895 and 1930 Censuses. She atended Commerce Street…
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Lettie Mae Mulford
1883-1970 *sometimes listed as “Lettie Mulford” or “May Mulford” Lettie Mae Mulford was a eacher in the Newark Public School System for 42 years. She was a daughter of the first African American Newark High School student Clara Mulford, and sister of nurse Eva Mulford. Lettie graduated Newark High School in 1901. In 1904, she…