Marion Thompson Wright

African American historian and teacher Marion Thompson Wright (1902-1962) of Newark wrote her doctoral dissertation on “The Education of Negroes in New Jersey.”

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Ella Cara Deloria

Collaborated on research the linguistics of Native American languages, translate the recorded Indigenous languages in 19th century texts, and provide valuable insights into the nuances of her culture.

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Ofelia Esparza

Mexican-American altar maker, or Chicana altarista, whose work is informed by a deep spiritual belief in the traditional process, which pays homage and evokes memory of people, events, or places through multilevel structures embellished with photos, traditional foods, flowers, and handmade and found adornments.

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Dr Olivia J Hooker

Dr. Olivia J. Hooker, a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, blazed a trail as the first Black woman on active duty in the US Coast Guard.

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Dr Dorothy Cross

Dorothy Cross (1906-1972) was an American anthropologist and educator that specialized in pre-contact Native American sites in New Jersey, and the first female New Jersey State Archaeologist.

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Dr Jacqueline Stewart Falconer

Jacqueline Stewart Falconer studied physiology at University College, London. Awarded a B.Sc. she was appointed as a Demonstrator in Physiology in the Department of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology of King’s College London in 1941. In 1944 she was appointed as a lecturer in the Physiology Department, Medical School, University of Newcastle.

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