Mazie Gordon-Phillips (10 March 1896 – 8 June 1964)[1] also known as "Queen of The Bowery" and "Saint Mazie", was a movie theater owner and advocate for people experiencing homelessness on the Bowery, New York City.
[2][3] Gordon-Phillips grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to New York City at the age of 10 to live with her sister Rosie.
[6] After the theater closed each night, she visited homeless men on the streets, distributing money and toiletries and assisting them to find a place to sleep in homeless shelters.
[6] In 1940, a New Yorker journalist Joseph Mitchell wrote a profile of Gordon-Phillips and coined the name "Saint Mazie".
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