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(Clara) Irene Pataquam Mulford
c.1854- 1945 In 1872, first African American pupil to attend… Read More
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Abigail Malmgreen
1909-2009 1926 Graduate of Barringer High. Worked at Bamberger’s Department… Read More
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Adelina “Addie” McIntyre Garris
1869 – Bef. 1937 Cited by William Ashby and the… Read More
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Aileen Fong Shane
1926-2017 Born and raised in Newark’s Chinatown Aileen Fong Shane… Read More
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Alice Bunce
1893-1970 Alice E. Bunce was the first African American woman… Read More
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Alma Beatty
1940-2015 Vice President of Community Affairs at Beth Israel. Beth… Read More
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Alma C Mitchill
c. 1893-1960 A Brooklyn native, Alma Mitchill came to Newark… Read More
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Amealia Steward
1915-2001 Owned Steward’s Restaurant and Peppermint Lounge. Self-made millionaire. Bibliography… Read More
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Amelia (Berndt) Moorfield
1876-1950 Amelia (Berndt) Moorfield (1876-1950), was a suffragette from Newark,… Read More
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Aneatha Dames Todd
1918-1998 Active in the UMDNJ struggle, member of the Concerned… Read More
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Ann VanWagenen Plume & Nancy Vischer Plume
1752-1816 and Bef. 1710-Aft. 1710 Photo of Plume House from… Read More
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Anna (Annie) T Nivison
1835-1920 An 1868 graduate of the New York Medical College… Read More
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Anna E Whittington
c. 1875-1956 African American woman who ran her own real… Read More
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Anna F Whitmore
1848-May 22, 1934 Founder of girls school: the Newark Seminary.… Read More
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Anna Luella Seager
c.1887 -1957 Associate supervisor of the Newark Normal School and… Read More
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Armita Harris Douglas
1874-1958 President, New Jersey Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs. Helped… Read More
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Augusta Parsonnet
1870-1949 President, Women’s Political Union of New Jersey; President, League… Read More
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Barbara George
c. 1953-2000 First woman and first African American woman police… Read More
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Beatrice Winser
1869-1947 Beatrice Winser was director of the Newark library and… Read More
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Bernice Bass
1926-2000 Bernice Bass (right) had a major presence in the… Read More
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Bernice Schneiderman Edelcreek
1927-2015 Born and raised in Newark, Bernice Edelcreek said “Newark… Read More
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Bertha Rosenthal
1891-1957 Early College of Pharmacy graduate in 1909, “one of… Read More
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Bessie Lanier Smith
1924-1966 Bessie Lanier was born in Virginia but graduated Arts… Read More
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Betty Lester
1945-2021 Worked in Public Defenders Office. In 1977 appointed a… Read More
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Cabiria Assunta Polo Accarino
1914-2007 Lifelong Newark resident. Attended Barringer High and the Newark… Read More
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Camille Sabie Malbrock
1902-1998 Camille Sabie won two gold medals in the 1922… Read More
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Carole Anderson Graves
1938- President of the Newark Teacher’s Union. Leader of the… Read More
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Carrie Epps Powell
c. 1905-1987 Born in Newark, attended East Side High, Newark… Read More
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Charlotte Kroll
1872-1958 Owner of Domestic Art Rooms 149 Washington St., teaching… Read More
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Clara Dasher
1930-1995 President of the Essex County College Board of Trustees,… Read More
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Clara L Scudder
1874-1930 Clara L Scudder was very accomplished on the piano… Read More
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Clara Maas
1876-1901 Clara Maas was one of the first graduates of… Read More
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Clara Woodward Greene
c. 1846 – Jan 31, 1904 Born about 1846 in… Read More
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Clara Zahn
1870-1953 Born in Newark, attended Newark Public Schools and Newark… Read More
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Connie Francis
1937 (some sources say 1938)- Pop singer and chart topping… Read More
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Corrina Pitters Kay-Williams
1924-1994 Corrina Kay-Williams was born to Jamaican parents in East… Read More
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Debra Holmes
1953- Holmes was one of the first women in NJ… Read More
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Diane Sutton
1941-2001 Co-owned Je’s Restaurant. The first restaurant in Downtown Newark… Read More
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Dolores Collins Benjamin
1913-2007 Founded the North Jersey Philharmonic Glee Club. Founded in… Read More
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Dora G Roworth
1885-1962 Dora G Roworth was the 1st woman to get… Read More
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Doris Thompson Dorsey
1911-1985 Doris Dorsey was the first Black woman supervisor in… Read More
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Dorothy Gould
1922 – 2015 Early Black teacher, hired in 1943 for… Read More
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Dorothy Palmer
c. 1893-1984 Operated the Dorothy Palmer School of dancing on… Read More
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Dorothy Turpin Smith
1910-1987 An early Black teacher, hired in 1945 (see Timeline,… Read More
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Dorthaan Williams Kirk
1938- One of the first people hired by Newark’s jazz… Read More
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Dr. Anna M. Robinson Cross
1856-1925 Physician who traveled widely in the West and was… Read More
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Dr. E. Mae McCarroll
1898-1990 Dr. E Mae McCarroll was the first American American… Read More
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Dr. Edith Gann
1905-1998 Graduate of Miller Street School, South Side High and… Read More
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Dr. Eleanor Haines
1845-1924* First woman admitted to the Medical Society of NJ… Read More
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Dr. Eva Topkins Brodkin
1899-1994 First female dermatologist in New Jersey. Practiced in Newark… Read More
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Dr. Gertrude Ash Golat
c. 1909-1980 Graduate of University of Vienna Medical School, came… Read More
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Dr. Marie Louise Lefort
1874-1951 Newark native Dr Marie Lefort was the first woman… Read More
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Dr. Meta Anderson
c. 1889-1942 Dr. Meta Anderson was the director of Special… Read More
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Dr. Mildred Gregory
1884-1975 Raised in Newark. Graduated Wellesley and taught at Skidmore… Read More
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Dr. Rita Sapiro Finkler
1888-1968 Dr. Finkler established and headed the endocrinology department at… Read More
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Dr. Sarah D. Smalley
1875-1952 A native of Newark who practiced in Newark from… Read More
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Dr. Vera Schectman
1890-1971 Russian immigrant. Graduate of the Women’s Medical College of… Read More
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E. Alma Williams Flagg
1918-2018 Alma Flagg was the first African American principal of… Read More
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Edythe Raabe
1907-1977 First woman graduate of Newark College of Engineering (now… Read More
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Effa Manley
1897-1981 Effa Manley owned the Newark Eagles, championship winning Negro… Read More
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Eleanor E Hamilton (Kingsley)
1882-1956 Eleanor E Hamilton was superintendent and director of Presbyterian… Read More
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Eleta Caldwell
1945-2017 Principal at Arts High School 1991-2003, previously Chair of… Read More
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Elitea Bulkley Allison
c. 1913 -2007 Received her graduate degree of Library Science… Read More
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Elizabeth “Betty” Hoyt Baker Henderson
1912-1999 Elizabeth Henderson, with her husband Dorland, bought and preserved,… Read More
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Elizabeth Blume-Silverstein
1892-1991 Photo from Rutgers. Born in Newark. Graduated the New… Read More
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Elizabeth Burke Del Tufo
1933- Head of the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee. Newark… Read More
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Elizabeth Hardin Goss
1895-1953 Graduated Miss Townsend’s School in Newark and then went… Read More
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Elizabeth Nelligan Hughes
1870 – 1953 President of the Police Matron’s Benevolent Association.… Read More
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Elizabeth Swain(e) Ogden
1645-1706 In 1666, settlers from CT settled Newark. Elizaeth is… Read More
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Ella Moncur
1919-1999 Wife of jazz artist, owned the Theatrical Beauty Salon… Read More
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Ellen C. King
c. 1839-1936 Daughter of Mary Thompson King and sister of… Read More
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Elsa Greenwood
1893-1957 Lifelong resident of Newark, who attended Robert Treat School.… Read More