Civic activist Louise Ward Watkins was president of the Friday Morning Club from 1931 to 1934. Watkins, a Progressive Conservative, was involved with numerous civic organizations, and in 1938 became the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate in California. However she also opposed women in higher education.
Civic activist Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins, president of the Friday Morning Club, seated at a banquet next to unidentified man. Her wine glass is filed with a white liquid (milk?).