Pauline Weeden Maloney (1904-1987)

Here lived Pauline Maloney, known as Lynchburg's “first lady of education.” A graduate of Howard University, she worked in Lynchburg public schools from 1937 to 1970, most notably as a guidance counselor and administrator at the all-black Dunbar High School. During the 1970s she was elected the first black president of both the Virginia School Boards Association and the National School Boards Association Southern Region. In 1977 Maloney became the first woman rector of Norfolk State University. She served as national president of The Links, Inc., a civic organization of African American women, and she founded the Lynchburg chapter in 1950.

Department of Historic Resources, 2014