The Women of Kinnelon

Three hundred years. Every field. One small town — and the women who shaped it.

Open this town's history and you'll meet the men — the CEO, the test pilot, the congressman, the Olympic medalist. The women were here all along: the doctor whose home is now our museum, the historian who wrote the town's story, the teachers, the founders of the library. History just didn't write them down — and we're changing that, one sourced name at a time.

Their courage is your inheritance. Help us write them back in.

Every name is reviewed and sourced before it's added — and living people are listed only with their consent.

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A curated, growing encyclopedia of the historic and modern women of Kinnelon & Smoke Rise — every entry reviewed and sourced.

The women

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More women of Kinnelon

Beatrice Kinney Lamontagne

early–mid 20th c.

Kinney daughter and steward of the chapel's Madonna statue.

Founders & HeritageLocal history

The Women of Smoke Rise

1960s

The women who ran Smoke Rise's community library.

Founders & HeritageLocal history

Missy Elliott

b. 1971

Grammy-winning hip-hop artist and a Smoke Rise resident.

Arts & PerformanceDocumented

Elise Testone

b. 1983

Kinnelon-raised singer-songwriter and American Idol finalist.

Arts & PerformanceDocumented

Jen Singer

1990s–present

Smoke Rise author and founder of MommaSaid.net.

Writers, Media & EnterpriseLocal history

Pearl R. Miller

20th c.

Educator honored by the naming of Pearl R. Miller Middle School.

Teachers & MentorsDocumented