Eleanor S. Moore, a longtime resident of Annapolis, Md., died October 7, 1998, in the Health Center of Winter Park Towers, a retirement community in Winter Park, Fla. She survived two episodes of breast cancer and the cause of her death at 97 was a heart attack. Mrs. Moore was born June 2, 1901, in Chicago. She grew up in Elkins, W.Va., and Hagerstown, Md. She received a bachelor's of arts degree from Western Reserve University and a master's degree in history from the University of Wisconsin. After teaching at Mississippi State College for Women, she began a doctorate program in history in Chicago, but left before completing the degree to become an assistant editor at the American Historical Review in New York. After her marriage and move to Annapolis in 1940, she became active in planning for school integration and in helping to desegregate public housing. She later taught history at Annapolis High School. When the high school was integrated, she became the first adviser to the black students' organization. She also was an active member of First Presbyterian Church. In 1983, she moved to Winter Park Towers. Her hobbies included reading and painting. She is survived by two daughters, Nancy Moore Goslee of Knoxville, Tenn., and Roberta Moore MacGregor of Mystic, Conn.; four grandchildren, Susan Goslee and Hilary, Ian and Catherine MacGregor; and several nieces and nephews, including Donald Minor of Washington. A memorial service will be held next month in Washington, where her husband is buried. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Thursday, October 15, 1998Eleanor S. Moore
Active in planning school integration
Mrs. Moore was the widow of Thomas W. Moore, a mathematics professor at the Naval Academy who grew up in Washington and graduated from Washington and Jefferson College.