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词条 Christine Moore Howell
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  1. Biography

  2. Publications

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox person | name =Christine Moore Howell | image =File:Christine Moore (1898-1972) Howell portrait from her brochure circa 1950.png | caption =Howell circa 1950 | birth_name =Christine Moore | birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|3|19}} | birth_place =Princeton, New Jersey | death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|12|13|1899|3|19}} | death_place =New Brunswick, New Jersey | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for =Cosmetics
Hairdresser | education =Princeton High School | occupation = | spouse =Dr. Edward Gaylord Howell | partner = | children = | parents =William Moore (1863-1920)
Adelaide Williams | relatives = }}Christine Moore Howell (March 19, 1899 – December 13, 1972) was a hair care product businesswoman who founded Christine Cosmetics where she formulated her own line of cosmetics and hair care products. She was the head of the New Jersey Board of Beauty Culture Control. She was the first African-American to graduate from Princeton High School.[1]{{Quote box
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| quote = The white people were enraged because I, a Negro, had gained the post.
| source = — Christine Moore Howell in Ebony magazine on her appointment to the New Jersey Board of Beauty Culture Control [1]}}

Biography

She was born on March 19, 1899 as Christine Moore in Princeton, New Jersey to William Moore Sr. (1863-1920) and Adelaide Williams, both from Hillsboro, North Carolina. Her siblings were Bessie Moore, Arthur C. Moore, and William Moore Jr. Her father migrated from Hillsboro, North Carolina to Princeton, New Jersey where he opened a shop buying and selling used clothes and furniture to the university students. She attended Princeton High School, where she was the first African-American to graduate.[1]

She opened a beauty shop in one of the buildings that William now owned. She studied chemistry in Paris and when she returned she formulated a line of cosmetics.[1][2]

In 1924 she married Dr. Edward Gaylord Howell of Darien, Connecticut.[1]

In 1935 Harold Giles Hoffman, the Governor of New Jersey appointed her to the newly formed New Jersey Board of Beauty Culture Control, where she became chairman.[1][3]

She died on December 13, 1972 and was interred in Princeton Cemetery.[4][5]

Publications

  • [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0008AUYAS Beauty Culture and Care of the Hair] (1936)

See also

  • Madam C. J. Walker and Marjorie Joyner of Chicago, Illinois

References

1. ^Smith, Jessie Carney. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-VYN_LWZwf4C&pg=PA388 Encyclopedia of African American Business, Volume 1], p. 388. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. {{ISBN|9780313331107}}. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Howell was the first African American to graduate from Princeton High School."
2. ^{{cite encyclopedia |author=Richard D. Smith |title=Christine Moore Howell |year=2014 |encyclopedia=Legendary Locals of Princeton |page=77 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QvNYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 |isbn= }}
3. ^{{cite news |author= |via=Newspapers.com |title=Meeting Featured By Angry Charges |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2889209/christine_moore_howell_march_19_1899/ |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier |date=November 16, 1935 |accessdate=2015-07-26 }}
4. ^{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jessie Carney Smith |encyclopedia =Encyclopedia of African American Business |title=Christine Moore Howell |year=2006 |publisher= |page=388 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VYN_LWZwf4C&pg=PA388 |isbn= }}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://nassauchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PrCemGuide2014WebVersion.pdf |title=Princeton Cemetery |date= |accessdate=2015-07-27 |publisher=Nassau Presbyterian Church |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323143929/http://nassauchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PrCemGuide2014WebVersion.pdf |archivedate=2015-03-23 |df= }}
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External links

  • Christine Moore Howell letter at the W. E. B. Du Bois archive.
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10 : 1899 births|1972 deaths|African-American businesspeople|American cosmetics businesspeople|American women in business|Burials at Princeton Cemetery|Businesspeople from New Jersey|People from Princeton, New Jersey|People from New Brunswick, New Jersey|Princeton High School (New Jersey) alumni

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