Julia Keese Nelson Colles
Julia Keese Nelson Colles (1840-1913) was an American academic and a founding member of the Women’s Board of the New Jersey Historical Society.
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Rosa Elena Egipciaco
Puerto Rican lacemaker
Marilyn Morheuser
Marilyn J. Morheuser (1924-1995), was the director and leading attorney of the Education Law Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Pauline Hillaire
Artist, teacher, native-arts conservator, author and storyteller, Pauline Hillaire worked to carry on the heritage of Washington’s Lummi Nation and was one of the most knowledgeable living resources of the Northwest Coast’s arts and culture.
Elizabeth Almira Allen
Elizabeth Almira Allen (1854-1919) was a teachers’ rights advocate and the first female president of the New Jersey Education Association.
Christina Huang
Christina Huang was a Chinese American student who testified before the New Jersey State of Legislators to help lobby for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) History to be taught in public schools.
Dr Sophia Presley
Sophia Presley (1834-1909) was an instructor of surgery, a director of the Camden Women’s club, and was a member of the Camden County Medical Society.
Nellie Morrow Parker
Nellie Morrow Parker (1902-1998) was the first African American public school teacher in Hackensack, Bergen County.
Madaline Worthy Williams
Madaline Worthy Williams became New Jersey’s first black assemblywoman in 1958.
Carrie Victoria Dyer
Carrie Victoria Dyer was a key founder of Hartshorn Memorial College, an African American Baptist women’s college in Richmond that later merged with Virginia Union University.