Venette Ovilde of Irvington is charged with aggravated manslaughter and child endangerment.
Christiana Glenn died May 22 of an untreated broken leg and malnutrition. Authorities say Ovilde's two other children were removed from the home and remain hospitalized for treatment of malnutrition and other injuries.
The 30-year-old Ovilde and her roommate, 23-year-old Myriam Janvier, are due for a first court appearance Wednesday morning in state Superior Court in Newark.
Janvier faces child endangerment charges.