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Exie Lee Hampton
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Exie Lee Hampton, from the 1924 yearbook of West Virginia Institute
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Exie Lee Kelley
1893 Boone County, Missouri
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| Died | 1979 San Diego, California
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | educator, community leader |
| Years active | 1921-1967 |
Exie Lee Hampton (1893 – 1979), born Exie Lee Kelley, was an important American educator and community leader. She helped many people, especially girls and women, in Southern California. During World War II, she worked with the national YWCA. After the war, she led the Eastside Settlement House in Los Angeles.
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Early Life and Education
Exie Lee Kelley was born in Boone County, Missouri, in 1893. She went to college at Lincoln Institute and Kansas State Agricultural College. There, she earned a bachelor's degree in home economics. This field teaches about managing a home and family life.
She continued her studies in the summers. She took classes at Columbia University and the University of Southern California.
A Career in Education
Exie Lee Hampton started her career as a home economics teacher. By 1921, she was training other teachers. She worked at West Virginia State College, Wilberforce University, and Branch Normal School in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Later, she taught for five years at East Side High School in El Centro, California.
Community Leadership and Service
In the early 1930s, Exie Lee Hampton became a leader in her community. She helped create the Clay Street Clubs. These clubs grew into the Clay Avenue YWCA. This YWCA branch helped African-American girls and women in San Diego's Logan Heights neighborhood.
During World War II, she joined the national board of the YWCA. She worked with the USO division, which supported military members and their families. She was also active in the San Diego chapter of the NAACP. The NAACP works for equal rights for all people.
In 1946, she became the executive director of the Eastside Settlement House in Los Angeles. This center helped people in the community. By 1961, she was leading the Victoria Business and Professional Women's Club in Riverside, California. She also helped start the Inland Area Urban League in 1966. This group works to help people in cities.
Exie Lee Hampton was a dedicated member of the black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. She attended and spoke at their western regional conference in 1937. In 1950, she led the western regional conference as its chairperson.
Personal Life
Exie Lee Kelley married Charles H. Hampton, a pastor, in 1929. As a pastor's wife, she was active in women's groups at Baptist churches in El Centro and San Diego. Her husband, Reverend Hampton, was president of the Western Baptist State Convention for over thirty years. Both Exie Lee Hampton and her husband passed away in 1979. She was in her eighties when she died in San Diego.
