Evangeline Rachel Hall
Evangeline Rachel Hall | |
|---|---|
 Evangeline Rachel Hall, from the 1905 yearbook of Radcliffe College | |
| Born | August 18, 1882 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 1947 (age 65) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Occupation | Educator |
Evangeline Rachel Hall (August 18, 1882 – November 30, 1947) was an American educator. She was head of teacher training at Cheyney State Teachers College, where she taught for 42 years, from 1905 to 1947.
Early life and education
[edit]Hall was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[1] the daughter of Charles H. Hall and Ophelia Ann Hall. Her father was born in Georgia and her mother was born in Mississippi. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1905.[2][3] She was the third African-American graduate of Radcliffe.[4][5] She earned a master's degree in education at Harvard University in 1929.[6] She attended a summer school program at New York University in 1931.[7]
Career
[edit]Hall taught math, English and education classes at Cheyney State Teachers College in Pennsylvania for 42 years.[4][8] She was also director of the Coppin Laboratory Practice School,[6] and a leader of the Cheyney Community League, the school's outreach program.[9] Bayard Rustin was one of the Cheyney students Hall knew during her career.[10]
In addition to their teaching duties, Hall and her colleague Laura Wheeler Waring were co-editors of the campus newspaper, The Cheyney Record, beginning in 1918.[11] They traveled together in Europe for the summer of 1929.[12] Waring painted a portrait of Hall in about 1930.[13]
Hall was corresponding secretary of the Pennsylvania State Negro Council, in the council's leadership at the same time as Addie Whiteman Dickerson and Leslie Pinckney Hill[14]
Personal life and legacy
[edit]Hall died in 1947, at the age of 65, in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1975, the Evangeline Rachel Hall Education Center was built on the Cheyney State campus; it was demolished in 2003.[15] She was a charter member of the Omega Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Miss Evangeline R. Hall". The News Journal. 1947-12-01. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Radcliffe College, Class of 1905 (1905 yearbook): 52.
- ^ "Radcliffe Commencement". Boston Evening Transcript. 1905-06-27. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Robinson, J. (2017-03-06). Education As My Agenda: Gertrude Williams, Race, and the Baltimore Public Schools. Springer. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4039-8140-0.
- ^ "African American Women at Radcliffe College". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ a b "Miss Evangeline Hall". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1947-12-03. p. 32. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Personals". The Evening Journal. 1931-07-20. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Collier, Irwin (2022-03-22). "Radcliffe, A.B. cum laude. African-American teacher of education. 1905". Economics in the Rear-View Mirror. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "Cheyney League to Hold Meeting in Coatesville". Coatesville Record. 1927-11-17. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Goodwill Council at Cheyney School". Delaware County Daily Times. 1936-04-24. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Commencement at Cheyney; Training School for Teachers at That Place Closes its Term". Daily Local News. 1918-06-13. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Noonday Glances". Daily Local News. 1929-07-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harris, Valerie. "Life of a Portrait: Laura Wheeler Waring’s Anna Washington Derry" Pennsylvania Heritage (Summer 2019).
- ^ "Child Delinquents Become Criminals Pa. Council is Told". The Afro-American. 1936-06-13. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-10-05 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hensil, Kevin (July 8, 1999). "Board Approves Renovation Projects for Cheyney". Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ "About Us". Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® Omega Omega Chapter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 20, 2024.