Dr A Grace Lee Mims
Educator, a musician, and an advocate for African-American culture.
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Victoria Earle Matthews
A writer, activist, club woman, and social worker, Victoria Earle Matthews dedicated herself to community uplift, civil rights, and helping others.
Tiffany Sturdivant
Executive director of Appalshop arts center
Marie Sheehan Muhler
Republican Marie Muhler, of Marlboro in Monmouth County, was a founding member of the New Jersey Bi-Partisan Coalition for Women’s Appointments designed to promote the candidacies of women. She was elected in 1975 to the New Jersey State Assembly’s 11th District.
Jennie E Precker
Lawyer Jennie E. Precker (1892-1981) founded the Susan B. Anthony Building and Loan Association, the nation’s first women’s bank, in Newark.
Juliet Clannon Cushing
Juliet Clannon Cushing (1845-1935), an advocate of protective labor legislation for women and founded the Consumers’ League of New Jersey in 1900.
Paula Kassell
Paula Kassell (b.1917) founded and edited New Directions for Women in New Jersey, the first feminist publication in the country.
Louisa Maculloch
Louisa Maculloch (1785-1863) was the first director of the Morristown Female Charitable Society which was founded in 1830 in New Jersey to serve the poor.
Margaret Laird
Margaret Laird (1861-1978) of Essex County was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, and was one of the first two women elected to the New Jersey Assembly.
Amy Ray
The Indigo Girls are a folk-rock duo from Atlanta known for their inventive blend of Appalachian, pop, and rock influences.