1918 – 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 (the first woman to do so in Hunterdon County), private pilot, and served with the WAVES in WWII.
Mildred graduated Newark College of Engineering in 1938. She lived on Commonwealth Avenue in Newark and previously N. 14th Street. She lived in Newark through 1940.
Bibliography
Notable Women Throughout Hunterdon County
“Deaths” New York Times Jan 28, 1979
“Girl Honored As Engineer” Newark News Jun 11, 1938
“Hunterdon Victory Fete” Newark News Nov 22, 1941
“West Side” Newark News Jan 19, 1935
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