1862-1927
Louise Connolly was longtime educational advisor to the Newark Library and Museum. She wrote many publications and trained museum apprentices. The Newark News wrote, “She made many important contributions to the problems of education…She was considered to be an inspiring teacher, a remarkable organizer of though, a writer and speaker of extraordinary facility and of wide human sympathy.”
Born in Washington, Louise previously served as the supervisor of grammar grades at the Newark Pubic Schools. From about 1906-1910, she served as superintendent in the Summit Schools, and was potentially ousted because she was a woman. Afterwards, she served as secretary of the Motion Picture Commission of NJ, before becoming advisor to the Library and Museum in 1912. She was also an original member of the National Committee for better films. Louise was also an advocate for suffrage.
Bibliography
Newark Library and Museum. Louise Connolly.
Baker, Mariana Narrative for tableaux; Newark Women of the Century.
“Louise Connelly Educator Dies” New York Times Jul 18, 1927
C-32 Connolly, Louise (59 articles), Newark News Morgue, Newark Public Library
“Want Woman for School Superintendent” Courier News Feb 21, 1910
Image is from Newark Library Collection.
“Louise Connolly Dies in Maine” Newark News July 18, 1927