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Pryno B Hillman
c. 1916-1964 Pryno B. Hillman (c. 1916-1963) founded the Mary Bethune Social Club, was an organizing and creative director of arts at Central Avenue Community Center, was first president of the Newark branch of the National Council for Negro Women & more! Bibliography Barringer June 1935 Yearbook Cummings, Charles, “Meet the Exemplary Women Who Enriched…
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Sarah Kussy
1870-1956 Sarah Kussy was a prolific Jewish leader. She helped found many Jewish orgs. in Newark and nationally. In Newark, she founded the Ladie’s Patriotic Relief Society in Newark and section of the National Council of Jewish Women. Bibliography Sarah Kussy Papers, Center for Jewish History K-21, Kussy, Sarah, Newark News Morgue, Newark Public Library…
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Pansy L Borders
1906-1978 Pansy L. Borders (1906-1978) was the first director of Child Guidance for the Newark Board of Ed and served 43 yrs. She worked in nearly every school and was appointed to the “President’s Committee on Govt Contracts” in 1958. She was a 1928 Graduate of Howard University. Bibliography B-36 Borders, Pansy, Newark News Morgue,…
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Amelia (Berndt) Moorfield
1876-1950 Amelia (Berndt) Moorfield (1876-1950), was a suffragette from Newark, with the Women’s Political Union. Her parents were German immigrants. Born in Kentucky, she moved to Newark after marrying Frank Moorfield at age 20, living at 29 Columbia St in 1900. Later she became an advocate for the Peace movement. Bibliography Suffrage Database “Mrs. Amelia…
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Maria DeCastro Blake
1911-2011 Maria DeCastro Blake (1911-2011) was a dean of admissions at Rutgers and recruited hundreds of Hispanic students. She was key to ASPIRA, the Puerto Rican Congress, the Black & Puerto Rican Coalition and more. Photo credit RUCore (Rutgers), Bibliography Black Organization of Students Records at Rutgers “Portrait of Maria DeCastro Blake”, RUCore B-31 Blake,…
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Marie Anderson Bagby
1925-2003 Marie Bagby (1925-2003) was a teacher starting in 1944, and eventually principal at Barringer, West Side and University High Schools. She also served on the board of St. Michael’s Medical Center. Photo from 1972 Barringer Yearbook Lifelong Newark resident and Central High graduate. Bibliography Newark Public School Yearbooks – npl.org/yearbooks Star Ledger coverage including…
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Delores Alexander
1931-2008 Lesbian feminist writer and reporter Delores Alexander (1931-2008), born in Newark and worked for the Newark News. Later she worked at Newsday, was the first executive director of NOW, and opened a feminist restaurant in New York. Bibliography Papers of NOW officer Delores Alexander Delores Alexander Papers
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Golden Johnson
1903-1984 Golden Johnson was the first black woman to serve as a Newark municipal court judge. She grew up in Terrell Homes (then FDR Homes) in the Ironbound. She ran for Congress in 1980, & had a career of public service. Photo from http://digital.npl.org East Side yearbook 1961 Bibliography Digitized materials from Newark Library(2) “Newark’s…
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Elvira Rodrigues
1918-1985 Elvira Rodrigues (left) co-owned an oil firm. She was a community leader in the Ironbound, leader in many Portuguese organizations, member of the East Side High board and delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Photo from Newark Public Library. Bibliography Knowing Newark – Roots of the Portuguese Can be Found In Three From Old…
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Eurlee Wright Reeves
Feb 19, 1897 – Feb 1, 1990 Eurlee Reeves (center) was Newark’s only female night club owner in the Swing Era. She founded the Nest Club on Warren St which was a major Black nightclub offering full musical revues in the 1930s and 1940s. She bought the Cabin LaBlanche in 1937 and renamed it. Big…