Breaking Barriers: African American Businesswomen
Please join the Newark Public Library, Newark History Society, and New Jersey Performing Arts Center on March 8 for an exciting co-sponsored program.
Organized by the Newark History Society, “Breaking Barriers: African American Businesswomen in Early 20th Century Newark,” will take place both in-person and via Zoom at 6:00pm. The speaker is George Robb, Professor of History, William Paterson University.
In the early 20th century, a growing number of African American women in Newark broke economic and cultural barriers by establishing and operating a wide range of businesses. These pioneering Black entrepreneurs had to overcome both sexist stereotypes that a woman’s place was in the home and racist policies that sought to limit African American employment to unskilled, low-wage jobs.
6:00 PM
Or via Zoom
