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At the turn of the 20th century, one of Rutherford’s most important and forward-thinking residents was not an elected official, business owner—or even a man.
RUTHERFORD REPUBLICAN
An article with a photo about Estella Elizabeth Padgham’s farewell to Rutherford ran in the April 30, 1927 issue of the Rutherford Republican. The article detailed a celebration thrown for Padgham, a Unitarian minister, who was honored for her more than 20 years in the community before returning to Syracuse, NY.
Estella Elizabeth Padgham was a Unitarian minister who became the minister of the Church of Our Father in Rutherford and also leader in the Suffragette period.
“She was kind of ahead of her time,” borough historian Rod Leith said. “She was pretty much a pioneer.”
The book, “Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women,” published in 1997, provides a biography on Padgham. Leith has also written a biography on her, which is now at the Meadowlands Museum.
