1903-1972
President of the Board of the Community Hospital (African American hospital, previously Kenney) in Newark. Also on the faculty of Essex County Vocational School in Beauty Culture. She was involved in politics in the 1930s through 1950s including being Republican Vice Chairman in the Central Ward and working on the campaign of Senate candidate Robert Kean. She was on the Public Relations Committee for the Master Plan in 1945. She was an officer of the Mrs. Samuel E. Cooper Civic League and co-chairman of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Essex Civil Council. She was chair of the Ebony Fashion Fair. She was heavily involved with the NJ Council of Negro Women.
Bibliography
After Hours, Dec 15, 1949, Tiny Prince Collection, Newark Library (photo)
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“Town Talk” Dec 22, 1945
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North 13th Street Yearbook 1957
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“Schaefer Award” New York Age Jun 29, 1957