WHO’S WHO AMONG
THE WOMEN OF
1922
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WOMEN’S
CLUB
The California Federation of School Women’s
Club was organized in
Miss Florence Stahl, president, and Miss
Jessie Williamson, secretary, are residents of
Our life as a people is only an expression
of the effect of the schools upon society.
If our schools are a failure, then indeed is our whole social structure
sadly impaired. The kind of school we
have in
The
Wanda R. Mott
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Photo of Mrs. Emma L. Dacre
ASSOCIATION
The San Francisco Grade Teachers’
Association has sent a delegate to the annual meetings of the National
Education Association for the past three years.
In 1920 the National Education Association was reorganized on a delegate
basis, and at the 1921 convention the first meeting of the delegate assembly, I
had the honor and privilege of representing the San Francisco Grade Teachers’
Association in Des Moines.
The great vision of the new education was
unfolded, and the delegates were to translate those ideals into achievements in
the local associations. The delegates
were impressed with their responsibility of doing their share in the work of an
organization which is dedicated to the supremely important task of building a
better
Our Association is entitled to six
delegates, and the following teachers were elected to go to the convention in
In order to finance the delegates, a Jinks
was given on May fifth at the
All over the country the class room teachers
are trying to establish higher professional standards, and at this years’
meeting, the class room department of the National Education Association, ways
and means will be considered to make this one of the most worth-while sections
of the whole association. Our delegation
realized public education as of fundamental concern, and the profession will
never rise higher than the class room teacher.
Those in daily contact with the lives of little children must have the
radiant influence of inspiration of great minds, and the desire to encompass
the great ideals fostered by common action.
We can only get this inspiration by meeting with those who can impart
such enthusiasm.
Emma L. Dacre
President San
Francisco Grade Teachers’ Association
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Once upon a time,
one off our esteemed exchanges—we cannot refrain from telling that it came from
Boston—devoted some of its valuable space to a glowing tribute to the
intellectual caliber of Los Angeles’ teaching force.
It is always
pleasant to have our friends and find virtue in us that we had not
suspected. But since their attention is
called to it, we are half inclined to think the tribute may be in some measure
deserved.
One of the features
of greatest import was the Conference of Educational Research.
Referring to an
article written by Charleton A. Wheeler, regarding educational work in
“The new year it is
at our doors. There are many important
things which the Southern section should accomplish in the twelve months
already beginning to slip past.
There should be a
permanent office for the activities of the Section, working with the office in
A capable well-paid
secretary should be in that office and should during that year cover all parts
of our Section bringing teachers directly the livest managed message that the
Association has to offer. But
In closing Wheeler
said: “So I’m going to believe that this year every one of you has resolved to
provide material for your representatives to use in kindling the lights which
are to shine as professional beacons in Southern California and in the State at
large during the year 1922.”
Signed:
Ida Christine
Iversen
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Photo of Mrs. O. E. Chaney
WOMEN’S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
Miss Marie C. Brehm,
Miss Mary Helen
McLean,
Miss Carol A.
Renfisch, Klagscote Apartments,
Dr. Mary Emig,
Mrs. George Wing,
Banning,
Mrs. Ernest Wallace,
Mrs. C. F. Crose,
Mrs. M. E. Jenkins,
The Woman’s Legislative Council of
California was organized on December 7th, 1912 in
The need for such an organization as the
Woman’s Legislative Council was manifested when the right of suffrage was given
the women of the State. That the Council
has successfully met this need for concerted action in legislative work is
evidenced not only by its membership, which stretches from Eureka in the north
to San Diego in the south, but also by the list of its achievements, which
number among them some of the most popular and important laws enacted by recent
legislatures. To name a few of the
results of the idea of co-operation in legislative work is the following list
of laws enacted by the California Legislature through the work of the women of
the State.
(1)
(1) Industrial Welfare Commission; (2) State
Training School for Girls; (3) Birth Registration; (4) Mothers’ Pension Law;
(5) Teachers’ Pension Act; (6) Raising the age of consent; (7) Home Teacher’s Bill; (8) Red
Light Abatement Law; Registration of Trained Nurses; (9) Making Mother Equal
Guardian with Father of Minor Children; (11) Requiring Wife’s signature to
legalize assignment of Husband’s wages; (12) Amendment to Juvenile Court Law,
separating dependents from delinquents; (13) safeguarding Education rights and
Hours of Labor for Children; (14) Establishing Civic Centers in Public School
Buildings; (15) Making Women eligible to Jury service; (16) Farm for Delinquent
Women; (171) Moron Colony for Southern California; (18) Increase in School
Funds; (Exempting Wife’s half of Community Property from Inheritance Tax; (20)
Making Provision for Special Education for Crippled Children.
Mrs. O. E. Chaney
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Photo of Mrs. Frank G. Law
WOMEN
VOTERS
OFFICERS
Mrs. J. G.
Kearney………………………………………..……..……………..First Vice-President
Mrs. Ernest J. Mott,
2808 Vallejo, San Francisco…………………………...Second Vice-President
Mrs. C. B.
Whittier…………………………………………..…..…………….Third Vice-President
Mrs. H. W. Whitworth,
1601
Miss M. A.
Ijams……………………………………………………..……Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. F. F. Rowell,
Mrs. J. L. Goodday,
Miss Gail Laughlin Mrs. W. X. Clark Mrs. Florence I. Mead
Mrs. H. B. Tilghman Mrs. Dow C. Golden Miss Caroline Kingman
The California Civic League was founded in
1911 in response to the demand of newly enfranchised women for guidance and
technical knowledge in preparing themselves to use the ballot intelligently.
In 1920 The National League of Women Voters
was organized as an outgrowth of the American Woman’s Suffrage Association with
the purpose of “developing the woman citizen into an intelligent and
self-directing voter and to turn her vote toward constructive social ends.”
On May 1921 The California Civic League
became the
The first State Convention will be held in
October and at this time new officers will be elected and from one to five
bills selected to be presented to the next Legislature. Said proposed legislation is now being
studied by the local units of the State League.
The Pan American Conference held in
conjunction with the annual convention of The National League of Women Voters
in Baltimore, Maryland from April 20th to 29th, was
attended by twelve official delegates from California. There were thirty-one official delegates from
twenty-two American Countries seated in The Pan American Conference. Two thousand five hundred women from various
parts of the world attended both the conference and the convention. The soul and spirit of this gathering of
intellectual womanhood of the world was – “that democracy shall be saved for
the world and that there shall be no future wars.”
Mrs. Frank C. Law,
Women from South
America were official representatives at the Pan-American Conference of Women
in
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Group Photo
“IS WOMAN’S
PLACE IN THE HOME?”
Kathleen Norris,
at a luncheon held in the
colonial ballroom of the
Literary folks from
the bay cities were in attendance. Mrs.
Parker Maddux, president of the Center, is seated at the honor table with
Kathleen Norris at her right and Charles Norris at her left. Prominent members and relatives of the honor
guests seated from left to right, at the table are: Mrs. Ernest Wallace, Mrs. Joseph S. Thompson,
Mrs. Ernest W. Cleary, Mrs. Ida Finney Mackrille,Then Kathleen Norris, Mrs.
Parker Maddux, Charles Norris, Mrs. C. S. Stanton, Mr. Joseph Thompson (brother
of Kathleen Norris) and Mrs. E. B. Thomas.
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Photo of Mrs. Parker S. Maddux
Mrs. Jesse H.
Steinhart, 2400 Steiner………………………………………………...First Vice-President
Mrs. Alfred
McLaughlin, 3375 Clay……………………………………………….Second Vice-President
Miss Elisa May
Willard, 864 Francisco………………………………………….Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. Andrew E.
Neuenburg, 246 Cabrillo…………….……………………………..Recording Secretary
Miss Mabel Pierce,
1000 Chestnut………………………………..…………………………….Treasurer
Miss Margaret Mary
Morgan, 1942A Hyde…………………………..…………………………...Auditor
Mrs. Genevieve
Allen,
Mrs.
Mrs. Ernest Wallace Mrs.
Miss Marion Delany,
Mrs. Augusta Jones,
Membership Mrs. William Kent, Education
Miss Eleanor H.
Koppitz, Finance Miss Alice Burr, Headquarter
The
In
addition to monthly membership meetings for the transaction of business,
legislative endorsements and so on, the Center runs a continuous program of
afternoon discussion; lectures; teas; luncheons and very rarely a dinner, with
addresses from distinguished guests. The
scope of these meetings is suggested by a partial list of the past eight
months, when our local subjects have included “A Better and Greater San
Francisco,” “Marketing in San Francisco,” “Proposed Reduction in the Minimum
Wage for Women in Industry” and, upon our tenth anniversary of the granting of
suffrage to the women of California, “Is the Time Ripe for a Woman
Supervisor?” (Incidentally we would add
that
Edith Walker Maddux,
President
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Photos of Three Women in the
Mrs. Anna Saylor,
Miss Esto Broughton,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes,
ABLE WOMEN
LEGISLATORS
In 1919 four women were elected to the State
Legislature as members of the Assembly. Mrs.
Elizabeth Hughes of Oroville, registered as “housewife”: Mrs. Anna L. Saylor of Berkeley, also
housewife”; Miss Esto B. Broghton of
Mrs. Hughes qualified for the office of
Assemblyman by her previous record as chairman of the Education Committee. She had served on the following committees:
Agriculture; Conservation; Drainage; Swamp and Overflowed Lands; Elections;
Federal Relations. Mrs. Saylor acted as
chairman of the Public Morals Committee and was a member of the Public Morals
Committee and member of the following committees: Constitutional Amendments; Education;
Hospitals and Asylums; Prisons and Reformatories; Public Charities and
Corrections. Miss Broughton was a member
of the following committees: Civil Service; Direct Legislation; Engrossment and
Enrollment; Irrigation; Public Morals; Ways and Means.
Mrs. Dorris was a member of the committees:
All four women have proved exceedingly able,
and have justified, in their dignified and splendid conduct as legislators, the
hopes of
GENEVIEVE ALLEN.
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Photo of Mrs. Anna Denniston.
THE NEEDLEWORK GUILD
The Needlework Guild of America is one of
the efficient, practical, organized groups of women who devote their skill and
their time to the making of garments for distribution among the needy and the
sick. The distribution takes place every
year just about Thanksgiving Day.
Last year the San Francisco Needlework Guild
distributed their gifts to sixty-one charities. The extent of the distribution was general
reaching out to hospitals, homes, and to charity centers.
Good, warm undergarments, socks, stockings,
mittens, gloves, caps, sweaters, petticoats, nightwear, and broadsoled shoes –
these were among the garments distributed.
For little babes, the Needlework Guild gave some of its best and most
useful garments. These garments
included: blankets, slips, little petticoats, woolen jackets, stockings, caps,
and many intimate garments necessary for a babe. Shoulder shawls, bed shoes, flannel sacks,
wrappers – these were some of the many things distributed among the
convalescents, able to leave hospitals.
In order to be a member of the Needlework
Guild of America, one must contribute at least two new articles of wearing
apparel or household linen. Articles may
be made by hand, or they may be ready-made garments, including sheets,
pillow-cases, and towels.
Last year the San Francisco Needlework Guild
collected twelve thousand, four hundred and seventy-seven garments, an advance
of three thousand over the number the preceding year. The Needlework Guild is endorsed by the
Chamber of Commerce. It is affiliated
with the American Red Cross, the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs, and is a
member of the National Conference of Social work, the National Council of Women
of the
The following charities receive garments
distributed by the Needlework Guild of the San Francisco Branch: Associated
Charities, Babies Aid, California Home for Girls, Canon Kip Day Nursery, Canon
Kip Dispensary, Canon Kip Memorial Home, Cathedral Mission, Community Day
Nursery, Cynthia Grey Column, Deaconess’ Home, Detention Home (Juvenile Court),
Doctor’s Daughters, Emanu-El Sisterhood, Eureka Benevolent Society, Florence
Crittenton Home, German Benevolent Society, Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge,
Girls’ Welfare Home, Golden Gate Kindergarten Association, Helpers of the Holy
Souls, Hospital for Children and Training School for Nurses, House of
Friendship, Infant Shelter, Little Children’s Aid, Little Sisters of the Poor,
Maria Kip Orphanage, Mary‘s Help Clinic, Mizpah Charity Club, “Mrs.
Goodfellow,” Nursery for Homeless Children, Open Air School, Oriental M. E.
Mission, Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Philanthropic Section of the Corona
Club, Presbyterian Chinese Mission, Protestant Episcopal Old Ladies’ Home,
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, San Bruno Community House, San Francisco Fruit
and Flower Mission, San Francisco Home for Incurables, San Francisco Hospital,
San Francisco Protestant Orphan Asylum Society, San Francisco Tuberculosis
Association, St. Barnabas’ Mission, Sisters of the Holy Family, Society of
Christian Work, Stanford Clinic, Swiss Relief, Telegraph Hill Center of San
Francisco, Trinity Pastoral Aid, University of California Hospital, Youths’
Directory, Boys and Girls’ Industrial Farm (Lytton), Girls’ Training Home,
Alameda; Fred Finch Orphanage, Piedmont; Hill Farm, Manor; Masons’ Home,
Decoto; Presbyterian Orphanage, San Anselmo; Salvation Army Rescue Home,
Oakland; Sunshine Preventorium, Manor; West Oakland Home.
Leaders of the various sections of the
Needlework Guild of the San Francisco Branch include the following prominent
woman: Mrs. E. G. Denniston, Mrs. Almeron Skinkle, Mrs. E. R. Lillienthal, Mrs.
John Leale, Mrs. F. E. Williams, Mrs. E. E. Howell, Mrs. S. Sussman, Mrs. A. O.
Dorey, Mrs. J. W. Wiggins, Mrs. George Reed, Mrs. Henry Meyer, Mrs. M. H.
Esberg, Mrs. E. G. Cahill, Mrs. Edward F. Cahill, Mrs. L. T. Samuels, Mrs. E.
B. Burr, Mrs. J. D. Jessup, Mrs. S. Hortop, Mrs. Robert Wallace, Mrs. L.
Guggenheim, Mrs. George A. Mullin, Mrs. W. C. Morrow, Mrs. G. F. Terschuren,
Mrs. McKinley Bissinger, Mrs. Edward Morgan Jones, Mrs. S. L. Reiss, Mrs.
Thomas H. Judd, Mrs. E. M. Hogan, Mrs. John Doolittle, Mrs. Robert Hugh
Donaldson, Mrs. Simeon Poulin, Mrs. E. Lawrence, Mrs. Hal M. Atkinson, Mrs.
Arvilla Bradley, Mrs. A. L. Lengfeld, Mrs. J. H. Humphreys, Mrs. Charles
Sorenson, Mrs. H. C. Worth, Mrs. Mary B. Smith, Miss Marion O’Connell, Miss
Blanche Murray, Miss Virginia Gibbs, Miss Laura McKinstrey, Miss Frances V.
Meeker, Miss Genevieve Sullivan.
Needlework Guilds are active in various
parts of the state as contributing parts to the National Guild.
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Photo of Mrs. John F. Merrill
CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL
The Children’s Hospital is one of the oldest
of the Charitable health agencies in
The hospital was reincorporated in 1885 as
“The Hospital for Children and Training School for Nurses,” and was located at
The school of nursing is the pioneer
organization of this class in
As a charity the Children’s Hospital has
held a strong appeal for the public, and is supported entirely by contributions
and the income from paying patients. At
present the Children’s Hospital needs “scholarships” in nursing, endowments for
beds and support for beds. Supported and
endowed beds are particularly needed for maternity patients and women ill of
medical diseases.
The assets of the hospital are substantial
and there are no liabilities. Most of
the assets have been accumulated by gifts from
One of the present institutions in the
Children’s Hospital is the every-day school with close adherence to school
curriculum, the instructors being teachers from the public schools of
It is an appealing sight to see little
bed-ridden children, some of them strapped to their supports, keen and eager
for their daily lessons in school work.
These children are apt pupils and delight in their studies. Miss Wade is the teacher.
An auxiliary of young women connected with
the work of the Children’s Hospital is a constant source of aid. For instance, they gave X-Ray equipment this
year, and the purchase of the Nurses’ Home from the University of California
Hospital is one of their permanent accomplishments. This work has been established as a memorial
to the lamented auxiliary member, Mrs. George McNear. The Nurses Home is a modern, well equipped
home for eighty nurses.
To the noble women who first saw the vision
of “The Children’s Hospital” and to the present board of managers – whose part
it has been to “carry on” the great work now, there is, indeed, no compensating
tribute, no adequate laudation other than: “In as much as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these, ye have done it unto Me.”
Mrs. A. F. Morrison is president of the
Children’s Hospital, Miss Mabel Piece, Mrs. Walter Martin, Mrs. Alfred
McLaughlin, are vice-presidents; Miss Emily Carolan, treasurer; Mrs. L. L.
Dunbar, general secretary. The board of
managers include: Mrs. Harry S. Bates,
Miss Ethel Beaver, Miss Louise Boyd, Mrs. George Cameron, Miss Emily Carolan,
Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. Herbert Fleishacker, Mrs. George F. Grant, Mrs. E. S.
Heller, Mrs. James Watt Kerr, Mrs. Latham McMullin, Mrs. John F. Merrill, Miss
Mauricia Mintzer, Mrs. Alexander F. Morrison, Miss Alicia Mosgrove, Mrs. Henry
Payor, Miss Mabel Pierce, Mrs. Henry Sahlein, Mrs. Laurence I. Scott, Mrs. E.
B. Stone, Miss Alice Schussler, Mrs. George F. Volkmann, Mrs. Isaac N. Walter,
Miss Persis Coleman.
The auxiliary board comprises: Mrs. Henry
Kiersted, Mrs. Henry Dutton, Mrs. George Cameron, Mrs. Latham McMullin, Mrs.
Horace Hill, Mrs. S. H. Boardman, Mrs. Norris K. Davis, Mrs. Walter Martin,
Mrs. Charles T. Crocker, Mrs. H. W. Poett, Mrs. Augustus Taylor, Mrs. William
H. Taylor, Jr., Mrs. Laurence I. Scott, Mrs. Julian Thorne, Miss Emily Carolan,
Miss Marion Zeile, Mrs. J. Cheever Cowdin, Miss Louise Boyd, Mrs. H. H. Scott.
Help us to help those whose lot it is to
minister! Our Nurses! Help us to impress those whose call it is to
watch by the bed of sickness, to smooth the troubled pillow, to solace the
couch of pain, and teach them that the art of ministration is the act of love –
for, their cross shall be the step to their crown, and their power to
administer shall be their strength.
Mary S. Merrill
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YOUNG WOMEN IN UNSELFISH DEVOTION
Debutantes and their younger sisters, the
sub-debutantes, make no claim for recognition in philanthropic work, yet the
value of their participation in many events for the benefit of organizations
throughout the state, command acclaim.
In one of her recent articles Mrs. Jean Loughborough said of the
debutante: “Be she “deb” or “sub-deb”, coed or from one of the higher girls’
schools, the young women of the period not only feels the responsibilities of
her youth but those of her prospective place as a member of the state’s
citizenship.
“She may tea and dance, and even flirt a bit
in a wholesome way, but the girl whose sole object in life was a date book full
of men’s initials and a dance card filled from cover to cover is rapidly
becoming a rarity. In place of the gay
frivolous social butterfly is the college girl, the girl of the sorority whose
training has given an insight into social and civic affairs. In college she cogitates over the doctrines
of Marx and Nietzsche, evolving her theories on social problems from Dewey to
Taussig.”
Because popularity no longer consists of the
number of engagements which she has to her credit but rather to the extent of
her unselfish work and the kind of charitable work she does in her sincere,
devoted way, Miss Debutante is a very important little personage.
“Among the most successful benefits given by
the Los Angeles debutantes was that of the Alumnae of the Kappa Kappa Gamma
under the chairmanship of Miss Ellen Andrews, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. L. M.
Andrews of Lafayette Park Place.
Although a recent graduate of
Katherine Long, a recent graduate from
Vassar, is devoting her time to the Juvenile Protective Association. Ruth Bolgiano, of
In practically every splendid task society
women of
A group of twelve girls first formed the
Auxiliary to the Children’s
With the Children’s Hospital as the
beneficiary, the Young Ladies Auxiliary started the annual ball known as the
Mardi Gras, one of the most spectacular and picturesque fancy balls given in
The Mardi Gras is now held on Shrove
Tuesday, each year, and is one of the outstanding society charity balls in the
city. A contest in the choice of queen
for the Mardi Gras usually precedes the ball, lending zest to the purpose and
adding interest to the society event.
Mrs. Richard McCreery, society leader of
The splendid assistance given to worthy
projects by the young women of the Junior League stands pre-eminently part of
the noble work and unselfish devotion of debutantes. In every city the Junior League has a most
progressive clientele always ready to give unselfish devotion for charity.
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Photo of Mrs. W. H. Mills.
NOBLE WOMEN WHO INSPIRE
In the galaxy of leaders who
pioneered the plans now flourishing to creditable heights are names of
Californians closely linked with the foremost women of the world.
Many of these Californians
have gained national and inter-national recognition. Many of them brought the present prosperity
by the consecrated devotion of lifework in definite projects and activities.
Their unselfish devotion,
their aims, their laudable ambitions – reach across the stretch of Time,
holding high the torch of radiant hope for those who, in their turn, shall
follow them.
I like to think of these women. I
like to think of the young women, the young matrons with their little brooks
about them, today, who are stepping into the ranks with high ideals before them
– the same ideals which characterized our feminine life, years back, and which
now actuate the work of lovely womenhood in
Let’s meditate awhile, and
turn the light of appreciation upon them.
Some of these
Mrs. A. F. Morrison, of the
Century Club – a natural leader is Mrs. Morrison. Her soft, well modulated voice, her
clear-thinking, her straight-forward methods of reaching high results are
characteristics. It is a joy, always, to
watch that clear-thinking process in Mrs. Morrison’s mind. She is an example for women. As the wife of one of
Mrs. Isaac Requa – one of the
remarkable women of
Mrs. Timothy Hopkins, the
niece of Mrs. Mark Hopkins, has so long been identified with good work in
Mrs. John Swift, wife of the
late Ambassador to
Mrs. John Bidwell, of the
times before these women has wielded a wide influence in the upbuilding of our
great commonweath. Socially prominent,
Mrs. Bidwell has given much to charity and to those things which are of a
lasting benefit to the community. She
has been a moving spirit in practically every worthy project.
Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler,
wife of the President Emeritus of the
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Mrs. Putnam Osgood, Miss Anne
Beaver, Isabel McCracken the remarkable biologist! Of the women in the south I
am recalling Mrs. J. Rose Clark, in whose memory the one million dollar Y. W.
C. A. Building was erected in
Mrs. Vernon Kellogg, Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, two commanding figures in the world’s affairs.
Kathleen Norris, “The
best-loved author” whose books are a constant inspiration and spur to noble
ideals – she commands our true admiration.
Mrs. Norris is a noble woman; her books will live.
Mrs. Marriner Campbell, the
woman who has done so much for the West, musically – she deserves to be in our
San Francisco Hall of Fame. Miss Sara D.
Hamlin, from whose school girls have graduated with high educational ideals;
Mrs. Clarence Smith, the author, Eleanor Gates Tully; Frances Willard and Susan
B. Anthony were molding ideals for
Mrs. Monroe Salisbury, Kate
Salisbury, Mrs. Alexander Keyes, Mrs. Sam Boardman and Mrs. Danford Boardman,
women in the social cliques whose stamp of approval were criterions.
Mrs. Esther Birdsall Darling,
author, is a remarkable woman. Mrs.
Darling has done so much good for so many people. She is an exceptional woman. Her stories of the dogs whose lives were
given for the country’s needs during the war are as tender and convincing as
the stories of many heroes. Mrs. Darling
raised these dogs, Alaskan dogs, with their rare intelligence, and then when
the war came, she placed their services for the good of the country. They did valiant service, and some of them
were given military burial on account of their Red Cross aid. Mrs. Darling, herself, is one of the rare
souls it is good, indeed, to know, and one whose radiant personality one
welcomes with joy.
Mrs. A. E. Graupner – I like
to think of Mrs. Graupner, one of the young matrons of today, whose life is
crowded with thoughts of others. She is
prominent in the American Association of University Women, where she has been a
great power for good, in the pure milk campaign, in the health campaign, in the
drive for funds for the care of babies – in all manner of good things
benefiting humanity. I like to think of
Mrs. Graupner and women like her – they make the coming generation better
because they are here.
Mrs. Fremont Older, one of
Mrs. Alfred McLaughlin –
there’s one of the finest women in
There are so many women – I
haven’t begun to name them yet, and all the space on the page is taken. What shall I do?
Mrs. W. H. Mills.
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Fruit and Flower
The San Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission is
an organization devoted to the work of caring for the sick, the convalescent,
the “shut-in” and those in need of cheer and comfort. During the past year the forty-second of the
Physical examination made of the pupils in
the public schools revealed a very large percentage of undernourished
children. Reports of the survey made by
physicians and county nurses resulted in the Tuberculosis Association and the
clinics caring for these undernourished cases that were unable to get attention
from any other source. Here it is that
the Fruit and Flower Mission renders necessary aid. When, upon examination, the above-mentioned
organization finds that parents of the children cannot supply the eggs and milk
required for the child the case is reported to the
The Fruit and Flower Mission has not a
single paid worker. Philanthropic work
is carried on among all classes, irrespective of creed, and, out of every
dollar received during the year ninety-three cents was given in direct relief.
Each Thursday morning during the year finds
the Flower Mission workers assembled, busily engaged in packing and carrying
baskets with nourishing food and dainties to deserving cases. Each basket contains a generous supply of
meal, vegetables, fruit (canned or fresh), eggs, butter, rice, tea, coffee,
chocolate, sugar, and cereals; and, for generous measure, a custard or a
pudding which is prepared in the diet kitchen each Wednesday by Mrs. B. Wolfe
and her efficient co-workers.
In addition, each visitor takes to her case
a bunch of flowers, which helps greatly to brighten the home. Year after year, these beautiful flowers have
been received each week, through the generosity of Mr. John McLaren,
Superintendent of Golden Gate Park. For
his kindness the San Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission gives its sincere
thanks.
Besides the thirty-six basket cases, which
the
The forty-first annual report of the San
Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission gives the following officers for the year
1922; Board of Directors, Mrs. Mary Bates McLellan, honorary president; Mrs. W.
B. Lowenthal, president; Miss Helen E. Gibbs, first vice-president; Miss
Florence Lippitt, second vice-president; Mrs. B. M. Levinger, recording
secretary; Mrs. S. R. Newbauer, corresponding secretary; Mrs. L. Strassburger,
treasurer; and Miss Virginia Gibbs, Mrs. Walte-Samson, Mrs. Walter Unna, Mrs. Robert
Noble and Miss S. E. Johnson. The
Chairmen of Committees include: Miss
Estelle Cerf, Visiting Committee; Mrs. F. Mandelbaum, Sewing Committees; Mrs.
B. Wolf, Diet Kitchen; Miss Belle Armer, Committee on Supplies; Mrs. Walter
Unna, Birthday Fund. On the Advisory
Board are: Mr. Morris Meyerfeld Jr.; Mr.
Alfred C. Holman, Mr. Mortimer Fleishhacker, Mr. A. Rosenberg, Dr. Reginald
Knight Smith.
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Photo of Mrs. Daniel C. Jackling
GIRLS’ RECREATION AND HOME CLUB
This home, the grounds and the original
buildings were the gifts of C. A. Spreckels, Rudolph Spreckels and Mrs. John
Ferris.
Mrs. Danaiel C. Jackling the first president
of the Girls’ Recreation Home named this home, singularly appropriate for girls
who work. Mr. Jackling wrote a check of
$5,000 to be dispersed according to the ideas of the original committees.
Among the society women first interested in
the club which does so much to brighten the lives of young women included: Mesdames Roy Pike, D. C. Jackling, Water S.
Martin, George T. Cameron, Athol McBean, Horace Pillsbury, Harry Scott, Robert
Hayes Smith, Lawrence W. Harris, Frank King, George Cadwalader, Joseph O.
Tobin, Templeton Crocker, Selah Chamberlain, Harold Elbright, George Wright,
and the Misses Maud O’Connor, Marjorie Josselyn, Helen Cheseborough and Edith
Treanor.
Many other prominent women in
Mrs. D. C. Jackling was ably assisted by her
original board: Mrs. Lawrence W. Harris,
vice-president: Mrs. Atholl McBean, secretary: Mrs. Roy Pike, treasurer; Edith
Treanor, corresponding secretary.
The club has a gymnasium, an indoor theatre,
shower baths, an uptodate laundry with every modern convenience, a little
Spanish court with a playing fountain, a cafeteria and a drawing room where
members may receive their friends.
Musical instruments, good books and many things to delight the heart and
brain of happy girls are to be found in the attractive Girls’ Recreation Club
Home.
Mrs. Atholl McBean is the new president of
the club, Mrs. Daniel Jackling retains her interest as the first
vice-president; Mrs. Roy Pike is treasurer; Edith Treanor is the secretary.
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TRAVELERS’ AID SOCIETY
The Travelers’ Aid Society of California is
recognized by, and receives the cooperation of, all organizations which deal
with the traveling public. Its
functionary force is somewhat different from that of other societies, in-as-much
as it has to do with the special care of unescorted women, girls and young boys
in their travels.
The travelers’ Aid Society is really just
exactly what the name indicates. It aids
travelers. It safeguards them in their
travels from place to place, and safeguards them upon their arrivals. Its work is both preventive and protective.
Travelers who do not speak the English
language are given special care and interpreters are provided them. This part of the Travelers’ Aid Society is
deemed quite the foremost concern in as much as it often proves the first steps
toward citizenship. Travelers’ Aid
workers are on duty at special stations and at official desks, equipped with
sufficient information to meet many emergencies.
Here are some of the definite things which
the Travelers’ Aid Society people do:
They obtain reliable lodging, give material assistance when needed and
guide the inexperienced or confused traveler; they help travelers to locate
their friends; they telegraph ahead and secure the cooperation of other
Travelers’ Aid workers at points of transfer; they safeguard the traveler in
regard to his destination; they make investigations so that distant Travelers’
Aid societies can act intelligently in caring for runaways, or others needing
care.
Between the year of 1886 and 1905 many
different societies were doing Traveler’s Aid work thus causing confusion and
overlapping of effort. In the year 1905,
a committee of women consisting of Jewish, Catholic and Protestant
denominations organized the first non-sectarian Travelers’ Aid Society. Last year, 56,523 people were assisted by the
society with a force of fourteen workers in field and office.
Mrs. William Marston is the president of the Travelers’ Aid Society, her election to office taking place soon after the loss of the late Mrs. Helen Sanborn. The board of directors includes many prominent women among them being Mrs. Porter Pfingst who has done much in her quiet, but effective way; Mrs. James McDonald, Mrs. Mary Prag of the board of education, whose bright outlook on life in general and her understanding of folks, is of great value to the society; Mrs. Charles Reed, Mrs. Henry Sahlein, Mrs. J. W. Stirling, Mrs. Marjorie Stuart, Mrs. A. P. Black, whose splendid record as president of the San