Presidents:

1921-1923 Gussie Utay *
1923-1924 Grace Goldstein*
1924-1925 Grace Goldstein Neuman*
1925-1927 Stella Andress*
1927-1929 Rae Mittenthal*
1929-1931 Grace Florence*

* of blessed memory

At the age of ten, Dallas Section could count many accomplishments without being aware of the legacy it had created. The founding members had sketched the outlines of over ninety years of accomplishment to come and prepared their successors for challenges they themselves could not have foreseen.

The Dallas Section embarked on its second decade with a strenuous advocacy agenda. The Americanization Committee cooperated with other Jewish organizations to enable and encourage the foreign-born, particularly Jewish women, to become citizens by guiding them through the naturalization labyrinth. Section sponsored five classes annually in English, hygiene and business for up to twenty-five students per course and added classes in civics, literacy and Bible over the decade.

The Sewing Circle, in these ten years, turned out thousands of garments, some for local day nurseries and needy families and others for shipment to Ellis Island. Supply kept pace with demand as the New Orleans Home for Jewish Children, Dallas Baby Camp, the Tuberculosis Hospital and the Federated Charities joined the list of beneficiaries. This enormous endeavor consumed no treasury funds; volunteers persuaded local merchants to donate materials and charged themselves 10 cents for each cup of coffee consumed while working.

In 1923 Section focused its concern on the local epidemic of tuberculosis. The Milk Fund, which survives today as the only source of free milk in Dallas, began as an adjunct of the Tuberculosis Committee.

Section campaigned to motivate every Jewish woman to register to vote and made It was also during this period that Section began its pioneering work on behalf of the blind, incorporating all the skills and strategies Section had developed and developing all the elements of advocacy, service, education and community influence it had accumulated in its repertory. Section inaugurated Braille instruction for young women, successfully prevailed upon the Dallas Public Library to create a department housing Braille books, secured free medical attention for blind patients, referred those in financial straits to United Charities, persuaded the Dallas Board of Education to serve blind children as well as persuading theater managers to install hearing aids so all patrons could appreciate the performance.

Its influence felt in the appointment of Section members to city boards and commissions. Section endorsed relocating the prison system and placing the insane in hospitals instead of jails. Advocacy thus took a quantum leap during this period, locally and nationally, laying groundwork for many years of assertive citizenship to come.