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VERNITA KAYSER MARR<br />
Vernita Kayser was born in <strong>New</strong>ark, NJ on June 25, 1903, and attended local<br />
schools.<br />
It was uncommon in the early twentieth century for women to pursue higher<br />
education, but Vernita was different. She desired a better education associated with a<br />
profession she could utilize her whole life. Vernita went on to the highly respected<br />
Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, where she -- the only woman in her<br />
class -- graduated in 1926. At the tender age of 23, Vernita Kayser was the first woman<br />
chiropractor in the United States!<br />
Marriage to John Marr and a family of three daughters only served to encourage her<br />
to continue in her chosen profession. She ran a private practice in Somerville until 1975<br />
when she retired.<br />
A former resident of Glen Gardner, Dr. Marr lived the last four years of her life in<br />
Readington Twp., where she succumbed on August 27, 1995 at the venerable age of 92.<br />
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