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Entertainment Fund Community
The Entertainment Fund is a non-profit organization that supports entertainers. The organization was established in 1882 and provides numerous services including financial assistance, affordable housing, health care, senior care, and career development. -
The Friends of Dr. William F. Willoughby Auxiliary
The Friends of Dr. William F. Willoughby Auxiliary was founded in 1952-1953. Marie Davis founded the organization and became its first president. She named the organization after the first black doctor as Englewood Hospital. The organization raised funds for new beds and to update and expand hospital wings. -
Davis, Maria Cheney (1882?-1992)
Marie Davis was a Civic Leader in Englewood. She worked as a domestic worker but was heavily involved in community projects. Daivs reorganized the Bergen Urban League, served on the Community Chest, and raised money for the local track team. Most notably she helped organize the Dr. William D. Willoughby Auxilary at Englewood Hospital, founded in 1952. The auxiliary raised funds for beds and the expansion of hospital wings. She married Burge Davis in 1912. -
Mackay, Donald (1840-1912)
Donald MacKay was a philanthropist and mayor of Englewood. He served in the Civil War. He relocated to Englewood in 1867. He was the president of the Citizens' National Bank and the director of the Merchants' National Bank and the Harriman National Bank. He was elected to office from 1906 to 1910. He donated the land for Mackay Park. Mackay was also on the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Elks club.
He married Jennie Wise. He had three children, Malcolm S., Duncan, and Jennie L. -
National Urban League (NUL), Bergen County Branch
The Urban League for Bergen County is a volunteer auxiliary of the National Urban League. It began in 1918 under as the League for Social Service Among Colored People. -
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
The Women's Christian Temperance Union founded in 1874 is an organization dedicated to the Temperance Movement. It became one of the largest and most influential women's groups during this era. The organization focused on labor laws, prison reform, women's suffrage, public health, prostitution, international peace, and domestic violence. The organization began heavily focusing on supporting the 18th Amendment and alcohol prohibition during the early 1900s. The first presidents were Annie Wittenmyer and Frances Willard. -
National Urban League (NUL)
The National Urban League is a civil rights organization that advocates for African American rights, fighting against racial discrimination. The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negros was founded in 1910 by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Hayes and it merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negros and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women.
The organization provides many services such as job training, housing and community development, workforce development, educational opportunities, and voting assistance. Programs were developed to fight for health, employment, and housing equity. The organization has been involved in politics, protests, and social work throughout its history to achieve its mission. -
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
The first Young Women's Christian Association was created in 1855 in England. Mary Jane Kinnaird founded the North London Home for nurses who traveled during the Crimean War. It combined with Emma Robarts Prayer Union in 1877 to form the YWCA.
The YWCA of the United States was founded in 1858. It is a nonprofit organization founded in the 1850s dedicated to empowering and supporting women. Current programs fight for racial equality, sexual violence support, health care, and child care. There are also efforts to provide education and job opportunities -
Vismale, Mary Lowe Jones (1925-2016)
Mary Lowe Jones Vismale was a social worker. She attended Booker T. Washington High School and graduated from Spelman College in 1947 and Atlanta University in 1950.
She earned a master's in Social Work.Tags Social Work -
Davis, Ethel McGhee (1899-1990)
Ethel Davis McGhee was an American social worker and educator. She was the first African American social worker in Englewood, New Jersey when she became the Director of Social Work at the Social Service Federation for Englewood's African American community in 1925. She worked for the Social Service Federation's Memorial House, which was eventually named the Englewood Community House. In the 1930s, Davis worked at Spelman College, where she acted as Dean of Women and taught sociology. She was the school's first African American administrator.
Davis was heavily involved in numerous organizations such as the Young Woman's Christian Association (YWCA), the National Council of Jewish Women, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the National Urban League, the League of Women Voters, and the National Council of Negro Women.
She traveled back to Englewood in 1954 and remained active in the community. She was involved in numerous organizations in Englewood including the Social Service Federation, the Urban League, the Leonard Johnson Nursery School, the Community Chest, the First Baptist Church of Englewood, and the Adult Advisory Committee. She married John Warren Davis, President of West Virginia State College on September 2, 1932. She had two daughters, Caroline Florence Davis Gleiter and Dorothy Davis McDaniel.