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Elmore, Amelia Josephine Burr (1878-1966)
Amelia Josephine Burr Elmore (c. 1879–1966) was an American author, poet, and world traveler whose literary career spanned poetry, prose, and travel-inspired fiction. A native of New York City, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 1899 and was elected to Phi…Tags Women -
Pandora Book Peddlers
Pandora’s Book Peddlers was a distinctive, community-rooted independent bookstore that played an outsized cultural role in Englewood and northern New Jersey beginning in the early 1980s. Founded in October 1983 by partners Pamela Sheldrick and Vivian Scheinmann, the shop was… -
Kassell, Paula (2017-2012)
Paula Kassell was a journalist and women's rights activist. She graduated from Barnard College in 1939. She helped found the Morris County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 1975 she also helped found the newspaper New Directions for Women in Englewood. She… -
Guppy, Kate (?-?)
Kate Guppy was the first African American women to becoome a police sergeant and lieutenant in Bergen County. She began working with the Englewood Police Department in 1985. -
Moran, Helen (1898-?)
Dr. Helen C. Moran was a pioneering physician whose career intertwined clinical medicine, public health, and women’s leadership, with a particularly significant impact at Englewood Hospital during the formative decades of the twentieth century. At a time when women physicians… -
Catholic Daughters of America (CAD)
The Catholic Daughters of America was founded in 1903 by John E. Carberry and the Knights of Columbus as a charitable sorority for catholic women. -
Catholic Daughters of America, Court Madonna No. 258
The Catholic Daughters of America was a Charitable sorority for catholic women. The Court Madonna No. 258 Branch in Englewood was founded in 1915. -
Sisterhood of the Congregation Ahavath Torah
The Sisterhood of the Congregation Ahavath Torah is an organization that organizes events and fundraising for their community. -
Motley, Constance Baker (1921-2005)
Constance Baker Motley was a pioneering lawyer, judge, and public official whose legal work helped dismantle segregation across the United States—including in Northern communities such as Englewood, New Jersey. She attended Fisk University before transferring to New York… -
Pettersen, Eleanore Kendall (1916-2003)
Eleanore Kendall Peterson was an American architect. She attended Copper Union and received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1976. She opened a private practice from 1952 to 2002. She was one of the first women in New Jersey to be licensed. She primarily did residential…