Papers, 1905-1949.

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Papers, 1905-1949.

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, and photos, chiefly of Morris L. Barr, principal of Barringer Evening High School, and his wife Olive Emily Harrison Barr, active in the Women's Club of Essex and other organizations.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051395

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Women's Club of Essex (Essex County, N.J.)

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Barr family.

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Residents of Newark, N.J. From the description of Papers, 1905-1949. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70956071 ...

Barr, Olive Emily Harrison, 1870-1944

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Barringer Evening High School (Newark, N.J.)

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Barr, Morris L., 1865-1949

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Philbrook, Mary

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Mary Philbrook (1872-1958), a prominent Newark, N.J. (Essex County) lawyer, women's rights activist and social reformer. Philbrook, the first woman admitted to the bar in N.J. in 1895, acted as counsel for the legal aid society of Whittier House Social Settlement, where her work led to the formation of the New Jersey Legal Aid Association. In 1906, she became the first N.J. woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Philbrook lobbied for penal reforms for women and children, worke...