Alphabetical List of Posts

  • (Clara) Irene Pataquam Mulford

    c.1854- 1945 In 1872, first African American pupil to attend… Read More

  • Abigail Malmgreen

    1909-2009 1926 Graduate of Barringer High. Worked at Bamberger’s Department… Read More

  • Adelaide Wilson

    1901 or 1902 – ? Adelaide Wilson was raised in… Read More

  • Adelina “Addie” McIntyre Garris

    1869 – Bef. 1937 Cited by William Ashby and the… Read More

  • Aileen Fong Shane

    1926-2017 Born and raised in Newark’s Chinatown Aileen Fong Shane… Read More

  • Alice Bunce

    1893-1970 Alice E. Bunce was the first African American woman… Read More

  • Alice Condit Kirkpatrick

    11 Dec 1875 – 15 Jan 1951 First woman in… Read More

  • Alma Beatty

    1940-2015 Vice President of Community Affairs at Beth Israel. Beth… Read More

  • Alma C Mitchill

    c. 1893-1960 A Brooklyn native, Alma Mitchill came to Newark… Read More

  • Amanda Douglas

    1831-1916 Children’s author who wrote over 50 books and lived… Read More

  • Amealia Steward

    1915-2001 Owned Steward’s Restaurant and Peppermint Lounge. Self-made millionaire. Bibliography… Read More

  • Amelia (Berndt) Moorfield

    1876-1950 Amelia (Berndt) Moorfield (1876-1950), was a suffragette from Newark,… Read More

  • Amina Baraka

    1942- Amina Baraka is an American poet, actress, author, community… Read More

  • Aneatha Dames Todd

    1918-1998 Active in the UMDNJ struggle, member of the Concerned… Read More

  • Ann VanWagenen Plume & Nancy Vischer Plume

    1752-1816 and Bef. 1710-Aft. 1710 Photo of Plume House from… Read More

  • Anna (Annie) T Nivison

    1835-1920 An 1868 graduate of the New York Medical College… Read More

  • Anna E Whittington

    c. 1875-1956 African American woman who ran her own real… Read More

  • Anna F Whitmore

    1848-May 22, 1934 Founder of girls school: the Newark Seminary.… Read More

  • Anna Lois Russ Jones

    1911-1987 Mother of Amiri Baraka. Born in Alabama, lived in… Read More

  • Anna Luella Seager

    c.1887 -1957 Associate supervisor of the Newark Normal School and… Read More

  • Annette “Tony” O’Flaherty

    1920-2000 Served in leadership roles in many social service organizations.… Read More

  • Antoinette Rehmann Perrett

    1880-1952 Garden photographer and magazine writer. Wrote for national publications.… Read More

  • Armita Harris Douglas

    1874-1958 President, New Jersey Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. Helped… Read More

  • Asimina Zois

    1909-1987 Arrived in Newark at age 7 from Greece. She… Read More

  • Audrey Harvey West

    Audrey Harvey Massiah Harris West 1927-2003 Born Audrey Harvey in… Read More

  • Augusta Parsonnet

    1870-1949 President, Women’s Political Union of New Jersey; President, League… Read More

  • Barbara George

    c. 1953-2000 First woman and first African American woman police… Read More

  • Barbara J Kukla

    1940- Barbara Kukla was a reporter for the Star Ledger… Read More

  • Beatrice Winser

    1869-1947 Beatrice Winser was director of the Newark library and… Read More

  • Bernice Bass

    1926-2000 Bernice Bass (right) had a major presence in the… Read More

  • Bernice Cross

    c. 1918-2011 Bernice Cross worked at the Star Ledger all… Read More

  • Bernice Schneiderman Edelcreek

    1927-2015 Born and raised in Newark, Bernice Edelcreek said “Newark… Read More

  • Bertell Collins Wright

    1908-1993 President of the Essex County Tuberculosis League, based in… Read More

  • Bertha Rosenthal

    1891-1957 Early College of Pharmacy graduate in 1909, “one of… Read More

  • Bessie Lanier Smith

    1924-1966 Bessie Lanier was born in Virginia but graduated Arts… Read More

  • Betty Lester

    1945-2021 Worked in Public Defenders Office. In 1977 appointed a… Read More

  • Brenda Estelle Ray Moryck

    1894-1945 Black writer and social activist born in Newark. Worked… Read More

  • Cabiria Assunta Polo Accarino

    1914-2007 Lifelong Newark resident. Attended Barringer High and the Newark… Read More

  • Camille Sabie Malbrock

    1902-1998 Camille Sabie won two gold medals in the 1922… Read More

  • Carole Anderson Graves

    1938- President of the Newark Teacher’s Union. Leader of the… Read More

  • Caroline Bamberger Fuld

    1864-1944 Caroline Bamberger Fuld, sister of Louis, helped found famed… Read More

  • Carrie Epps Powell

    c. 1905-1987 Born in Newark, attended East Side High, Newark… Read More

  • Cecil I Dorrian

    1882-1926 Cecil I. Dorrian (1882-1926) was a war reporter for… Read More

  • Charlotte Kroll

    1872-1958 Owner of Domestic Art Rooms 149 Washington St., teaching… Read More

  • Christiana Oehler Trefz

    1831-1913 Image from 1889 city atlas President and manager of… Read More

  • Clara Dasher

    1930-1995 President of the Essex County College Board of Trustees,… Read More

  • Clara L Scudder

    1874-1930 Clara L Scudder was very accomplished on the piano… Read More

  • Clara Maas

    1876-1901 Clara Maas was one of the first graduates of… Read More

  • Clara Woodward Greene

    c. 1846 – Jan 31, 1904 Born about 1846 in… Read More

  • Clara Zahn

    1870-1953 Born in Newark, attended Newark Public Schools and Newark… Read More

  • Connie Francis

    1937 (some sources say 1938)- Pop singer and chart topping… Read More

  • Connie Woodruff

    1921-1996 Journalist, labor organizer, educator. City editor of the New… Read More

  • Corrina Pitters Kay-Williams

    1924-1994 Corrina Kay-Williams was born to Jamaican parents in East… Read More

  • Curvin Family

    The sisters of historian Robert Curvin. There were six daughters.… Read More

  • Debra Holmes

    1953- Holmes was one of the first women in NJ… Read More

  • Delores Alexander

    1931-2008 Lesbian feminist writer and reporter Delores Alexander (1931-2008), born… Read More

  • Delores Rich

    1948-1996 President of the Aspen Riverpark Tenants Association, who did… Read More

  • Diane Sutton

    1941-2001 Co-owned Je’s Restaurant. The first restaurant in Downtown Newark… Read More

  • Dolores Collins Benjamin

    1913-2007 Founded the North Jersey Philharmonic Glee Club. Founded in… Read More

  • Dora G Roworth

    1885-1962 Dora G Roworth was the 1st woman to get… Read More

  • Doris Thompson Dorsey

    1911-1985 Doris Dorsey was the first Black woman supervisor in… Read More

  • Dorothea H Wingert

    1905-1990 Started writing for Newark newspapers in her teens. Wrote… Read More

  • Dorothy Gould

    1922 – 2015 Early Black teacher, hired in 1943 for… Read More

  • Dorothy Palmer

    c. 1893-1984 Operated the Dorothy Palmer School of dancing on… Read More

  • Dorothy Turpin Smith

    1910-1987 An early Black teacher, hired in 1945 (see Timeline,… Read More

  • Dorthaan Williams Kirk

    1938- One of the first people hired by Newark’s jazz… Read More

  • Dr. Anna M. Robinson Cross

    1856-1925 Physician who traveled widely in the West and was… Read More

  • Dr. E. Mae McCarroll

    1898-1990 Dr. E Mae McCarroll was the first American American… Read More

  • Dr. Edith Gann

    1905-1998 Graduate of Miller Street School, South Side High and… Read More

  • Dr. Eleanor Haines

    1845-1924* First woman admitted to the Medical Society of NJ… Read More

  • Dr. Eva Topkins Brodkin

    1899-1994 First female dermatologist in New Jersey. Practiced in Newark… Read More

  • Dr. Gertrude Ash Golat

    c. 1909-1980 Graduate of University of Vienna Medical School, came… Read More

  • Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant

    1935-2018 Dr. Grant was an advice columnist at Essence Magazine… Read More

  • Dr. Marie Louise Lefort

    1874-1951 Newark native Dr Marie Lefort was the first woman… Read More

  • Dr. Meta Anderson

    c. 1889-1942 Dr. Meta Anderson was the director of Special… Read More

  • Dr. Mildred Gregory

    1884-1975 Raised in Newark. Graduated Wellesley and taught at Skidmore… Read More

  • Dr. Rita Sapiro Finkler

    1888-1968 Dr. Finkler established and headed the endocrinology department at… Read More

  • Dr. Sarah D. Smalley

    1875-1952 A native of Newark who practiced in Newark from… Read More

  • Dr. Vera Schectman

    1890-1971 Russian immigrant. Graduate of the Women’s Medical College of… Read More

  • Duryee Family

    (Photo from FindAGrave, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) All heavily involved in… Read More

  • E. Alma Williams Flagg

    1918-2018 Alma Flagg was the first African American principal of… Read More

  • Edythe Raabe

    1907-1977 First woman graduate of Newark College of Engineering (now… Read More

  • Effa Manley

    1897-1981 Effa Manley owned the Newark Eagles, championship winning Negro… Read More

  • Eleanor E Hamilton (Kingsley)

    1882-1956 Eleanor E Hamilton was superintendent and director of Presbyterian… Read More

  • Eleta Caldwell

    1945-2017 Principal at Arts High School 1991-2003, previously Chair of… Read More

  • Elitea Bulkley Allison

    c. 1913 -2007 Received her graduate degree of Library Science… Read More

  • Eliza A. Chase

    c. 1829-2 Jan 1880 First principal of the Female Department… Read More

  • Elizabeth “Betty” Hoyt Baker Henderson

    1912-1999 Elizabeth Henderson, with her husband Dorland, bought and preserved,… Read More

  • Elizabeth Albright Spurr

    1870-1934 Newark native and lifelong resident. Founder of the Newark… Read More

  • Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein

    1892-1991 Photo from Rutgers. Born in Newark. Graduated the New… Read More

  • Elizabeth Burke Del Tufo

    1933- Head of the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee. Newark… Read More

  • Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Kinney

    1810-1889 Called “one of the cleverest women that ever lived… Read More

  • Elizabeth Hardin Goss

    1895-1953 Graduated Miss Townsend’s School in Newark and then went… Read More

  • Elizabeth Miele

    1898-1975? Went to Barringer and Central High graduating Central in… Read More

  • Elizabeth Nelligan Hughes

    1870 – 1953 President of the Police Matron’s Benevolent Association.… Read More

  • Elizabeth Swain(e) Ogden

    1645-1706 In 1666, settlers from CT settled Newark. Elizaeth is… Read More

  • Ella Moncur

    1919-1999 Wife of jazz artist, owned the Theatrical Beauty Salon… Read More

  • Ellen C. King

    c. 1839-1936 Daughter of Mary Thompson King and sister of… Read More

  • Eloise Frazer Gehin

    c.1877-1941 Leader in the Republican Party. First woman to serve… Read More

  • Elsa Greenwood

    1893-1957 Lifelong resident of Newark, who attended Robert Treat School.… Read More