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Stearns, Janet Upjohn (1910-1979)
Janet Upjohn Stearns was a philanthropist and civic leader. Stearns moved to Englewood in the mid-1960s. She served on the Englewood Hospital board beginning in 1968. She was the first vice president of the Englewood Community Chest. She was a director of the Northern Valley Chapter of the Red Cross, a trustee of the Social Service Federal, and a member of the Bergen County United Fund, the Bergen County Mental Health Association, and the Bergen County Heart Association. Stearns bought land in the Fourth Ward and donated it to the Mount Caramel Guild for a renewal project. She funded the Englewood Rock Creek Parkview public housing project, the Englewood public swimming pool, the Englewood Library, and the John Harms Center. She also donated to St. Vincent's Hospital and the Leonard Johnson Day Nursery in Englewood. She married Peter Aymar Embury in 1934. After he died in 1947, she married Frederic Alexander Ley in 1948. She had four daughters, Janet Wallace, Ley Alkiewicz, Janet Embury Beck, and Grace Embury Eisenhardt. -
Morrow, Elizabeth "Betty" Reeve Cutter (1873-1955)
Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow was a Poet, Educational Activist, and Women's Rights Activist. She attended Smith College from 1892 to 1896 and met Dwight Morrow. She married him on June 16, 1903, and eventually moved into the Next Day Hill estate in Englewood. Throughout her life, she advocated for women's education. Due to her husband's position as ambassador to Mexico, she became involved in Mexican folk art and helped popularize the art form in the United States. She also acted as the first female president of Smith College from 1939 to 1940 although she was never given the official title. She had four children, Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Dwight Whitney Jr., and Constance Cutter Morrow Morgan. -
The Woman's Club of Englewood
The Woman's Club of Englewood is a community organization that does philanthropic and charity work. It started in 1895 with Miss Adelaide Sterling as president. In 1898 it joined the General Federation of Women's Clubs.