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]

E. Alice Taylor
Born1892 (1892)
Died (aged 94)
Boston, Massachusetts
Alma materArkansas Baptist College (1913)
Organization
  • NAACP, Boston Branch (Vice President, board member )
  • Poro College branch (founder, owner)
  • Professional Hairdressers Association of Massachusetts (founder, President)
More
    • 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
SpouseFrank Taylor
Children8

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

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