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Hannah Mandeville
1811-1902 Born into slavery, one of the first members of the African American Plane St. Church and active in the church. Her obituary (see: Black Power 19th Century) said she was “well known to the negroes of this city and to many white people for her piety and good works”. She was able to purchase…
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Emma Ward Edwards
1845-1896 Emma Ward Edwards was one of the first woman doctors in NJ. Born in Newark, she graduated valedictorian of the first class of the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary in 1870. She opened a general practice in Newark, practicing at the Home of the Aged, and around Newark. Member of Essex…
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Amina Baraka
1942- Amina Baraka is an American poet, actress, author, community organizer, singer, dancer, and activist. She graduated from Arts High School. Bibliography “Amina Baraka – Queer Newark”. queer.newark.rutgers.edu. Barbara J Kukla Papers “Amina Baraka”. Rise Up Newark
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Clara L Scudder
1874-1930 Clara L Scudder was very accomplished on the piano and organ. She learned from her father David Scudder who was a member of Craig’s Orchestra. She went to Scotland and Europe to play in 1901-1902 (she appears on the 1901 Scotland Census as a visitor to Mary Jane Cargill in Glasgow) and William Ashby…
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Amanda Douglas
1831-1916 Children’s author who wrote 92 published books and lived at 461 (1905) and 470 (1910) Summer Ave and earlier on Orange Street (1880) Born in NYC but moved to Newark in 1850. Vice president of the New Jersey Women’s Press Club and a member of the Ray Palmer Club. Photo from Newark Library. Bibliography…
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Augusta Parsonnet
1870-1949 President, Women’s Political Union of New Jersey; President, League of Women Voters of Newark. Lived in Weequahic and Lincoln Park. Bibliography Robb, George. Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists. John James Scannell, New Jersey’s First Citizens, vol. 2 (Paterson: Scannell Publishing, 1920), pp. 351-52. “Woman Civic Leader Dies,” Newark Evening News, November 18, 1949. P-04 Parsonnet, Augusta,…
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Mary Mapes Dodge
1831-1905 Children’s author best known for Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. Born in Newark and lived there for many years. Bibliography New Jersey Women’s History Cummings, Charles, “From Cundict to Dodge Women with the Write Stuff” Star Ledger Mar 9, 1998 D-23 Dodge, Mary Mapes, Newark News Morgue, Newark Public Library Wright, Catherine Morris.…
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Alice Bunce
1893-1970 Alice E. Bunce was the first African American woman to graduate from the New Jersey College of Pharmacy in Newark. However, she lived in Asbury Park at the time of graduation in 1927. She owned a pharmacy in Asbury Park for many years, opening it with her brother in 1923 and operating it until…
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Mildred Preen
1919-1979 Mildred Preen, graduate of West Side High in Newark was the first woman to graduate in Electrical Engineering at Newark College of Engineering, was an Assemblywoman, private pilot, and served with the WAVES in WWII. Bibliography Notable Women Throughout Hunterdon County “Deaths” New York Times Jan 28, 1979
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Mabel Irene Gilman
c. 1897?-1943 Miss Mabel Irene Gilman who lived on Clinton Ave., was the first female detective appointed by Essex County in 1929. She attended Barringer High School, and lived in Newark from 1906. Bibliography “Mabel Irene Gilman” Daily News 29 Jun 1943 “Jersey County Names First Woman Detective” Courier News Jan 17 1929 “Beware Malefactors”…