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
- ^ 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