by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Governor Christine Todd Whitman Millicent Fenwick was a great example of a public servant, and was far ahead of her time when it comes to the qualities of leadership she exhibited in office four decades ago. After she was elected to Congress in 1974, she developed...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Dr. Lawrence Hogan and James Overmyer There are 35 people enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame for their contributions to the black side of segregated major league baseball that existed prior to its integration in 1947. One of the plaques honors a...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Mary Walton It is common for biographers to develop a relationship with their subjects, even those no longer living. And so it was with me and Alice Paul, the famous Quaker suffragist, who led the battle for a constitutional amendment giving women the vote. Our...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
by David Steven Cohen One of the things that I was particularly interested in during the twenty-eight years I was on the staff of the New Jersey Historical Commission was how, if at all, New Jersey history was taught in the New Jersey public schools. I personally feel...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Shaun Illingworth Norman Rockwell gave her a form—riveting gun on her lap, Mein Kampf beneath her boot—on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. J. Howard Miller’s recruiting poster, declaring “We Can Do It!,” seared her into our collective memory. After eight...
by nj350 | May 13, 2016 | Diversity
By Margaret O’Reilly In preparation to write this entry, I began to think about when I first became aware of the work of Ben Shahn (1898-1969). Surely, it was in college art history classes in the early 1980s. So, I pulled out my notebooks from that time and scoured...
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