Local and national reaction to the attacks involved a wave of panic that led to shark hunts aimed at eradicating the population of "man-eating" sharks and protecting the economies of New Jersey's seaside communities. Resort towns enclosed their public beaches with steel nets to protect swimmers. Scientific knowledge about sharks before 1916 was based on conjecture and speculation. The attacks forced
ichthyologists to reassess common beliefs about the abilities of sharks and the nature of shark attacks.
Elizabeth Clow Peer Jansson (February 3, 1936 – May 26, 1984), often just Liz Peer, was a pioneering American journalist who worked for Newsweek from 1958 until her death in 1984. She began her career at Newsweek as a copy girl, at a time when opportunities for women were limited.
Osborn Elliott promoted her to writer in 1962; two years later she would be dispatched to Paris as Newsweek's first female foreign correspondent.
Peer returned to the United States in 1969 to work in Newsweek's Washington, D.C., bureau. When forty-six of Newsweek's female employees filed a complaint with the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Peer remained on the sidelines. She was passed over for promotion to senior editor in 1973 for reasons that remain unclear. Peer returned to Paris in 1975 as bureau chief, and became Newsweek's first female war correspondent in 1977 when she covered the
Ogaden War. Her reporting there won her recognition, but she suffered a debilitating injury from which she never recovered, leading to her suicide in 1984. (Full article...)
... that awaiting sentencing, David Friedland faked his death while diving and was
America's most wanted fugitive until his arrest in the
Maldives years later where he built a chain of scuba diving shops?
Image 20Map of New Jersey's major transportation networks and cities (from New Jersey)
Image 21Modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled areas of New Netherland and New Sweden. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 22Paterson, sometimes known as Silk City, has become a prime destination for an internationally diverse pool of immigrants, with at least 52 distinct ethnic groups. (from New Jersey)
Image 26The
Atlantic City boardwalk, as seen from
Caesars Atlantic City, opened in 1870, as the world's first
boardwalk. At 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) long, it is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk. New Jersey is home to the world's highest concentration of boardwalks.
Image 27The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by
William Faden (from History of New Jersey)
Image 28New Brunswick, nicknamed the Hub city and the Healthcare City, is a focus city for academia,
healthcare, and culture in New Jersey. (from New Jersey)
Image 43Nassau Hall at
Princeton University, an
Ivy League university and one of the world's most prominent research institutions, served briefly as the U.S. Capitol in the 18th century. (from New Jersey)
Image 49The original provinces of West and East New Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay Line is shown in orange. (from History of New Jersey)