Mamie Louise Hope was born in 1895 in New Haven to Mary Davenport Hope and Harvey Hope. She attended classes at the Yale School of Music in the 1909-1910 academic year and from 1911 to 1913. In 1914, she completed a teachers’ program at the Washington Conservatory of Music.
She had a long career as a pianist and music teacher and served as the organist of St. Luke’s Church. She died in 1986.