Background
Pauline Oberdorfer was born around 1889 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Education
In 1910, she graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls.
Career
Through the financial assistance of her church, Oberdorfer was able to attend the Teachers College at Howard University. At Howard, Oberdorfer co-founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority and served as the first treasurer of the Alpha Chapter. After graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1914, she pursued a teaching career in Pennsylvania, Alabama and South Carolina.
Oberdorfer also embarked on a career as a mezzo-soprano recitalist and composer of spirituals.
Her book, Soul Echoes featured forty of her compositions including "Get Office the Judgment Seat" and "My Lord Is a Refuge."
Pauline Minor died on January 23, 1963, presumably in her mid-70s. Pauline Oberdorfer Minor is buried in Eden cemetery, the oldest African American-owned cemetery in the United States., in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.
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1963 (aged 74)