Mazie B. Hall - educator, mentor, civil-rights activist, community leader and friend to many.
She was affectionately known simply as "Miss Mazie," and she called the Mt. Pleasant section of Tredyffrin her home since her birth in 1902. According to those who knew her, Miss Hall left a legacy of caring and compassion.  Miss Hall graduated from the former Tredyffrin-Easttown High School and then graduated from West Chester Normal School (West Chester University). Until her death, she was the university's oldest graduate. The school maintains a scholarship fund in her honor.

She taught school for many years in New Jersey's Camden School District. Her career as an educator also included serving one year as principal at the former Mt. Pleasant School in Tredyffrin in the 1930s. When schools in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District became segregated, she was involved in the movement for desegregation.

She teamed up with long-time friend Margaret Collins to crusade for fair-housing practices on the Main Line during the 1950s. Their efforts influenced the formation of the Pennsylvania Fair Housing Act, the basis for federal fair-housing laws.

Her other civic accomplishments include organizing the Mt. Pleasant Civic Association and she was a charter member of the Main Line branch of the Black Business and Professional Women Association.

Her interests in gardening led to her involvement as a charter member of the Community Garden Club of Wayne. As a child-advocate, she created innovative mentoring and tutoring programs for youngsters in the Mt. Pleasant community during the 1960s. The program started in her home before moving to a community center.

Miss Hall was deeply religious, and was the oldest living member of the Second Baptist Church of Wayne. As a church representative, she came into contact with such prominent Americans as Marian Anderson, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and the Rev. Dr. Leon Sullivan. She also organized fellowship weekends at the Friends Meeting House in Haverford and at Bryn Mawr College.

Aside from the West Chester University scholarship fund, the community honored her over the years by dedicating a park in her name in Mt. Pleasant on her 98th birthday and commissioning a mural of her life inside the Mt. Pleasant/Carr School community center.
In 1993, during a dedication ceremony, Miss Hall pledged her extensive collection of African-American materials to Eastern University's Warner Library. The collection includes about 550 books and periodicals, (including biographies and histories), plaques, personal letters and African-American historical memorabilia.

Mazie B. Hall left God's green earth in January of 2006. 

Content provided by Ryan Richards - Main Line Suburban Life

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