Soroptimist in the 1920s*

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1928-1930

Director: Mae Wright Hutchins, San Jose
Secretary: Florence Gardiner, San Francisco
Treasurer: Ina Stanley, Long Beach

Mae Hutchins presided at the Southwestern Regional Conference, as it was then called, on October 21, 1928, in San Jose. The minutes show 16 representatives from seven of the eight clubs in the district, two regional officers, one federation officer, First Vice Preisdent Jennie Todd, Alameda County club, and four members.

Upon convention action charters will be granted on a basis of 25 members. It was agreed that the charter fee would be $15.

The second regional conference was held in Los Angeles, March 4, 1929, with eight of the nine clubs represented. In typical Southwestern style Southwestern region subscribed $50 for the first SFA project, the Wakefield Memorial Fund to restore the home of George Washington for the 200th anniversary of his birth.

The minutes show that Director Mae received the federation president's award for the region gaining the most clubs (eight in Southwesterm, while only three in all other regions) in the biennium.

* reprinted from Southwestern Region's history book entitled "Out Where It All Began" written and compiled for a celebration of Soroptimist's 50th anniversary in 1971 and updated and reprinted in 1996 for the celebration of Soroptimist's 75th anniversary, prepared by the Founder Region 75th Anniversary Committee and entitled Founder Region "The Way It Was".