New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail
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| The Newark Female Charitable Society was founded in 1803 and is one of the oldest social service agencies in the United States. A group of wealthy Newark women, led by Rachel Bradford Boudinot, formed the society by contributing at least $1 a year to help the city's orphans, elderly and unemployed. The society's headquarters at 305 Halsey Street was built in 1886, in Richardsonian Romanesque style, and has evolved into the Newark Day Center, Inc. The society continues to provide an array of services for Newark residents, including nursery and after-school care and a geriatric-health clinic. Notice the striking entrance with the inscription, "Newark Female Charitable Society, organized 1803." | |
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