After her Aunt Jemima role ended, Ethel Harper moved to Morris County, New Jersey, where she worked for the Morris Area Girl Scout Council from 1958 until 1967, in various positions including director, program coordinator, staff advisor, and committee chair. After nine years with the New Jersey Girl Scouts, Ethel transferred to the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York. She retired from Scouting in 1969. Beginning in 1962, Harper taught black history courses in Morristown. She was a community outreach worker at Wetmore Towers, a senior citizens housing development, and she helped to sponsor an annual benefit program for Meals on Wheels. She hosted a radio talk show called Youth Speaks Out; Age Speaks Out; Are You Listening? and a performing arts showcase, Extravaganza of the Arts, held at Morristown High School. She was active in the Morristown chapter of the NAACP. Personal life Harper died of a heart attack in 1979, while driving in Morristown; she was 75 years old. Her papers, including a 1970 self-published autobiography, are archived in the North Jersey History and Genealogy Center, at the Morristown Library. See also Other actresses portraying Aunt Jemima: Nancy Green Lillian Richard Edith Wilson (singer) References External links "The “Singing School Marm” & Sun Ra: The Ethel Harper Story, Part One" and "A Legacy Unsung: The Ethel Harper Story, Part Two" Burgin Mathews (March 13, 2017 and March 23, 2017). Blog posts about the life of Ethel Harper, based on her self-published autobiography and other sources, with pictures. ] 1903 births 1979 deaths 20th-century American educators 20th-century American actresses African-American female models American female models 20th-century African-American women singers African-American actresses American film actresses 20th-century American singers Quaker Oats Company people 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesswomen Place of birth missing 20th-century American women singers