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The Great Migration
The Great Migration and the Making of Black Englewood Between the early twentieth century and World War II, Englewood, New Jersey was transformed by the Great Migration, the mass movement of African Americans out of the South and into northern communities. Although historians… -
The Friends of Dr. William F. Willoughby Auxiliary
The Friends of Dr. William F. Willoughby Auxiliary was founded in 1952-1953. Marie Davis founded the organization and became its first president. She named the organization after the first black doctor as Englewood Hospital. The organization raised funds for new beds and to… -
The Englewood Paint and Glass Company
The Englewood Paint and Glass Company was owned by Somuel and Sarah Goldstein.Tags Businesses -
The Englewood Colored Working Women's Club
By the early 1930s, Black women in Englewood—many of them employed as domestics, laundresses, cooks, and child-care workers—were organizing to protect themselves economically and to claim space in the civic life of the city. Out of that need emerged the Englewood Colored Working… -
The Elisabeth Morrow School
Elisabeth Morrow School is a private school in Englewood. It was founded by Elisabeth Morrow and Constance "Connie" Chilton in 1930 as the Little School. The school is located on the former Morrow estate.Tags Education -
The Doll League
The Doll League is an organization that supports young girls through scholarships and sponsorships. The organization was founded by Ethel Sissle and a group of women in 1958. The project has a chapter in New York and Detroit, Michigan. -
The Creation of a Paid Englewood Fire Department (1912)
The Englewood paid fire department was created in 1912 under the administration of Mayor Vernon Munroe.Tags Firefighters -
The Community Chest
The Community Chest is a charitable organization. The mayor Cornelius P. Kitchel organized a committee to create a community chest in June 1932. This was due to the flood of social services needs caused by the Great Depression. Elisabeth "Betty" Reeve Cutter Morrow was selected… -
