E. Alice Taylor

African-American entrepreneur, teacher, and community organizer (1892–1986)
  • NAACP, Boston Branch (Vice President, board member )
  • Poro College branch (founder, owner)
  • Professional Hairdressers Association of Massachusetts (founder, President)
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    • Ebenezer Baptist Church[which?] of Boston
    • Massachusetts State Union of Women's Clubs
    • Boston Federation of Women's Clubs
    • League of Women for Community Service
    • South End Neighborhood Action Program
    • Charitable Health Association of Massachusetts
    • Claremont Neighborhood Association
    • Howard University Mothers and Wives club
    • Massachusetts Human Relations Committee
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E. Alice Taylor (1892–January 1, 1986, age 94) was an African-American entrepreneur, teacher, and community organizer who was an officer and board member of the Boston, Massachusetts NAACP for 50 years.[1] In 1927 she founded a branch of Annie Malone's Poro School and Beauty Shoppe, which she ran for 15 years, until it was closed at the start of World War II.[1] The school had grown to become one of New England's largest minority-owned businesses, with a staff of 15 teaching 150 students each year. She was a member of numerous community service organizations.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "E. Alice Taylor, 94; NAACP Officer, South End Resource Half A Century [obituary]", Boston Globe, p. 41, January 3, 1986

Sources

  • Deutsch, Sarah (September 15, 2002), Women and the City: Gender, Space, and Power in Boston, 1870-1940, Oxford University Press, p. 275, ISBN 9780195158649
  • Hayden, Robert C. (January 3, 1986), African-Americans in Boston : more than 350 years, Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, p. 41
  • Leslie, LaVonne (November 30, 2012), The History of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc.: A Legacy of Service, Xlibris, p. 268, ISBN 9781479722655


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