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Marian Stephenson Olden

WEBMarian Stephenson Olden (1888-1981), of Princeton, established the Sterilization League of New Jersey. This league advocated for the sterilization of the “mentally defective” and …

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Joetta Clark Diggs

WEBClark Diggs was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and began running at age 10. She graduated from Columbia High School and attended the University of Tennessee, where …

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New Jersey Women’s Environmental Health Act

WEBAfter numerous fatal cases of breast cancer among New Jersey women, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen introduced legislation to the New Jersey House of …

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Records of Newark Female Charitable Society

WEBFeby 1st 1805 a load wood 2.00. 10 – 37. The Newark Female Charitable Society was organized in January 31, 1803 for the purpose of “devis [ing] some means for caring for …

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Dorothea Lynde Dix

WEBDorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) sent a memorial to the New Jersey legislature in 1845 stating her case for reforms in the care of the mentally ill. Her research and advocacy …

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Jessie Redmon Fauset

WEBJessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) Courtesy, Prints and Photographs Department, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University.. Jessie Redmon Fauset was …

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Infant Mortality

WEBGravestone for the Infant Children of Isaac and Hannah Arnett. Courtesy: Penny Colman Collection First Presbyterian Church Burial Grounds, Elizabeth, New Jersey.

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Jennie Tuttle Hobart

WEBJennie Tuttle Hobart (1849-1941), the daughter of a prominent attorney, was born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. She married Garret Augustus Hobart in 1869 as he …

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Clara Louise Maass

WEBNurse Clara Louise Maass (1876-1901) of East Orange volunteered to participate in an immunization experiment against yellow fever in Cuba. The first time Maass was bitten …

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Workers' Children With Milk Bottles

WEBStrikers' Children Kitchen, Passaic, 1926 Courtesy, Emil Asher and American Labor Museum, Haledon, NJ. On January 25, 1926, six thousand workers struck the Botany …

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Infant Mortality Rates of the 1700's

WEBAged 11 Months John was Born & died Sept 6 A.D. 1770. Infant mortality rates remained high well into the twentieth century. For example, a 1925 study conducted in Pittsburgh, …

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Katherine Schaub

WEBKatherine Schaub. Katherine Schaub (1902-1933), a watch dial painter at the U.S. Radium Corporation plant in Orange was an early victim of radium poisoning. Her death alerted …

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Civil War Nursees, Reeder and Barlow

WEBDuring the Civil War, women performed many roles. They worked in factories and ran farms and businesses. Women were spies and at least 300 women disguised themselves as …

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Arabella W. Barlow

WEBArabella W. Barlow. Arabella W. Barlow (1824-1864) was a civil war nurse from Somerville. Barlow served as a nurse during the Peninsula, Antietam, and Gettysburg campaigns. …

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Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan

WEBSearch. Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan (1825-1915) Courtesy, College of Saint Elizabeth. Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan immigrated from Ireland to New York in 1842. She made …

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