EAST ORANGE ... of New Jersey who she so dutifully served. — Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) August 1, 2023 "Sheila Oliver was a trailblazer. She knocked down barriers for women of color in ...

Watson-Coleman, herself the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in Congress ... Watson-Coleman from Camden in the south, and Oliver from East Orange in the north. A sisterhood was born ...

Sheila Oliver ... State of New Jersey. It was the best decision I ever made," said Murphy in his statement. "As someone who was born and raised in Newark, and who has called East Orange home ...

Sheila Oliver, who was New Jersey's lieutenant governor and the first Black woman to serve as speaker of the state’s Assembly, has died. She was 71. Oliver died at Cooperman Barnabas Medical ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Emotional statements have been pouring in lamenting the late New Jersey Lieutenant ... Governor Sheila Oliver. Starting out as a member of the East Orange Board of Education ...

Sheila Oliver rose out of local politics in the Democratic stronghold of Essex County to the height of power in New Jersey — often ... her a lot for saving East Orange General,” said Giblin ...

Ms. Oliver, 71, was the first Black woman to hold statewide elected office there, after a long tenure in the General Assembly. By Tracey Tully Sheila Y. Oliver, New Jersey’s lieutenant governor ...

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver died Tuesday ... “As someone who was born and raised in Newark, and who has called East Orange home for more than 40 years, Sheila did not view these issues ...