Natalie Carbone Mangini spent her life as a trailblazer, continually opening new doors for women in science while wearing the hats of mother and restaurateur. In 93 years, Mangini shattered the glass ceiling when she became the first woman scientist employed at the Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Division, raised four children with her late husband, Vincent, and was a familiar face greeting customers at the former Carbone’s Restaurant in Crabtree, opened by her parents in 1938.

Mangini of Crabtree died Tuesday, May 31, 2022. She was born Aug. 24, 1928 in Long Branch, N.J. She was raised in Crabtree, the daughter of the late Natale J. Carbone Jr. and Mary Skodak Carbon. As a child, Mangini had a zest for learning, a trait that stuck with her following her 1945 graduation from Saint Joseph’s Academy.