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]
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.[2]
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][3]
^ abcdefJessie Carney Smith, ed. (2006). "Christine Moore Howell". Encyclopedia of African American Business. p. 388.
^Smith, Jessie Carney. Encyclopedia of African American Business, Volume 1, p. 388. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. ISBN9780313331107. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Howell was the first African American to graduate from Princeton High School."
^Richard D. Smith (2014). "Christine Moore Howell". Legendary Locals of Princeton. Arcadia Publishing. p. 77.
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