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Moore attended St. Joseph's Academy and the [[Louisiana State University]] demonstration school in Baton Rouge before she enrolled at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and then the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]. In 1933, she graduated with teaching credentials from LSU, and in 1950, she obtained a master's degree in education and [[psychology]]. After the war, she taught at Wyandotte and later Bernard Terrace elementary schools in Baton Rouge.<ref name=moore/> Moore established the first soup kitchen in Baton Rouge to benefit families of her impoverished pupils.<ref name=moore/> She told an interviewer in 1995 that she had kept up with her former charges years after they had been in her classes.<ref name=moore/>

Moore attended St. Joseph's Academy and the [[Louisiana State University]] demonstration school in Baton Rouge before she enrolled at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and then the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]. In 1933, she graduated with teaching credentials from LSU, and in 1950, she obtained a master's degree in education and [[psychology]]. After the war, she taught at Wyandotte and later Bernard Terrace elementary schools in Baton Rouge.<ref name=moore/> Moore established the first soup kitchen in Baton Rouge to benefit families of her impoverished pupils.<ref name=moore/> She told an interviewer in 1995 that she had kept up with her former charges years after they had been in her classes.<ref name=moore/>

==Women's Army Corps==​

==Women's Army Corps==

Moore joined the WACs, headed during the war by Oveta Culp Hobby of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], a former First Lady of [[Texas]] and the first secretary of the former United States [[Department of Health, Education and Welfare]] during the administration of [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. Moore became a recruiter for the military, having once enlisted three hundred women at one appeal.<ref name=moore/> She worked with pilots in the former [[Yugoslavia]]. She commanded a service unit in New Orleans and worked to change the WACs from an auxiliary unit to a military force within the [[United States Army]].<ref name=moore/>  

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Moore joined the WACs, headed during the war by Oveta Culp Hobby of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], a former First Lady of [[Texas]] and the first secretary of the former [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]], then known as "HEW," or Health, Education, and Welfare, during the administration of [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. Moore became a recruiter for the military, having once enlisted three hundred women at one appeal.<ref name=moore/> She worked with pilots in the former [[Yugoslavia]]. She commanded a service unit in New Orleans and worked to change the WACs from an auxiliary unit to a military force within the [[United States Army]].<ref name=moore/>  

While in the military, she met her second husband, D. Haywood Moore (1907-1986).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 7, 2009}}</ref> Moore was previously married and [[divorce]]d.  Her husband was supportive of her political career. The two maintained separate finances during their marriage. After teaching, Moore entered the [[real estate]] business, from which perch she announced her candidacy for Register of State Lands, an administrative, otherwise nonpolitical, office that was then elected.<ref name=moore/>​

While in the military, she met her second husband, D. Haywood Moore (1907-1986).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 7, 2009}}</ref> Moore was previously married and [[divorce]]d.  Her husband was supportive of her political career. The two maintained separate finances during their marriage. After teaching, Moore entered the [[real estate]] business, from which perch she announced her candidacy for Register of State Lands, an administrative, otherwise nonpolitical, office that was then elected.<ref name=moore/>​

Grace died in office in 1957. An appointee filled the post until 1960, when Moore was again elected to the position, along with Jimmie Davis winning his second nonconsecutive term as governor. In the 1960 elections, Moore first defeated the Democrat Fred Columbus Dent, Sr., of Baton Rouge, the husband of Lucille May Grace. Dent ran on the intra-party ticket of deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), then the [[mayor]] of New Orleans.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959.</ref> Moore then defeated by a margin of 88-12 percent the Republican Anna Wooten Slagle (1903–1992) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], a charter member of the Fifth District Republican Women's Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opwrc.com/OPWRC-History.html|title=Ouachita Parish Women's Republican Club: Our History|publisher=opwrc.com|accessdate=November 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for Register of State Lands, April 17, 1960. In that same election Jimmie Davis overwhelmed Republican nominee, Francis Carroll Grevemberg (1914-2008).</ref> Thereafter, Moore was either unopposed for the post or had insignificant opposition within the Democratic Party. In 1971, she defeated a Democratic primary candidate, James Alan "Jim" Rentz (1933–2011) of Baton Rouge.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', November 6, 1971.</ref> After [[John J. McKeithen]] became governor in 1964, the pro-Long and anti-Long factionalism began to recede, as the state slowly adopted Democrat-Republican inter-party competition.​

Grace died in office in 1957. An appointee filled the post until 1960, when Moore was again elected to the position, along with Jimmie Davis winning his second nonconsecutive term as governor. In the 1960 elections, Moore first defeated the Democrat Fred Columbus Dent, Sr., of Baton Rouge, the husband of Lucille May Grace. Dent ran on the intra-party ticket of deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), then the [[mayor]] of New Orleans.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959.</ref> Moore then defeated by a margin of 88-12 percent the Republican Anna Wooten Slagle (1903–1992) of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], a charter member of the Fifth District Republican Women's Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opwrc.com/OPWRC-History.html|title=Ouachita Parish Women's Republican Club: Our History|publisher=opwrc.com|accessdate=November 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns for Register of State Lands, April 17, 1960. In that same election Jimmie Davis overwhelmed Republican nominee, Francis Carroll Grevemberg (1914-2008).</ref> Thereafter, Moore was either unopposed for the post or had insignificant opposition within the Democratic Party. In 1971, she defeated a Democratic primary candidate, James Alan "Jim" Rentz (1933–2011) of Baton Rouge.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', November 6, 1971.</ref> After [[John J. McKeithen]] became governor in 1964, the pro-Long and anti-Long factionalism began to recede, as the state slowly adopted Democrat-Republican inter-party competition.​

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==Death and legacy==​

==Death and legacy==

Moore's office was made non-elective in the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. She is interred at [[Magnolia Cemetery (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)|Magnolia Cemetery]] in Baton Rouge alongside husband Haywood Moore. Both markers refer to the Moores' military service. Her marker does not make mention of her having been Register of State Lands.<ref name=fagrave/> Moore is included in the Louisiana Secretary of State's "Distinguished Women's Exhibit" in Baton Rouge. She was only the third woman nominated to the LSU Hall of Distinction.<ref name=lasos/>​

Moore's office was made non-elective in the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. She is interred at [[Magnolia Cemetery (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)|Magnolia Cemetery]] in Baton Rouge alongside husband Haywood Moore. Both markers refer to the Moores' military service. Her marker does not make mention of her having been Register of State Lands.<ref name=fagrave/> Moore is included in the Louisiana Secretary of State's "Distinguished Women's Exhibit" in Baton Rouge. She was only the third woman nominated to the LSU Hall of Distinction.<ref name=lasos/>​

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