Names: Watkins, Louise Ward, 1890-1974 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: 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.
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Mrs. Barbara Whittaker, police Captain R. R. McDonald, Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins, Mrs. Edward M. Kromer, and Mrs. Mable Patton at the Los Angeles Police Revolver range in Elysian Park. The women, wearing hats and dresses, aim their pistols at unseen targets, while Captain McDonald assists Mrs. Watkins with her aim.
Date:: August 23, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Misses Katherine S. Watkins, Katherine V. Moran and Maxine White, with Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins (seated) at her home, Pasadena, 1935.
Date:: August 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Wilma D. Hoyal, stands with finger pointed, while Louise Ward Watkins, Edith Van de Water, and an unidentified woman look on. There is a gavel on the table, as well as an American flag. There is a painting of a Native American in the background. There is a man visible at the left of the photograph.
Date:: February 5, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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?).
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: At their dining table Mr. Wells stands between his wife and Ms. Watkins, pointing his finger at something off-camera. The luncheon is at the police pistol range in Elysian Park (now the Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club).
Date:: December 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A group of eight women in a living area of what appears to be a house. Standing, from left to right: Gertrude C. Smither, Mrs. Olive Jennings Orbison, Mrs. Margaret Bernice Crail, Miss Mary Catherine Marsh, and Mrs. Louise W. Watkins. Seated, from left to right: Mrs. Clara May Ohler, Mrs. Hattie May Cottle, and Mrs. Elizabeth McCoy. Most are holding a sheet of paper and looking at Mrs. Smither. Behind Mrs. Smither is a portrait of a man seated on a chair with a child in his arm.
Date:: 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Some of the women at the head of the table stand and the remaining sit, looking towards the three women who are standing. A typewriter and stacks of pamphlets are placed on the table.
Date:: January 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Louise B. Booth is identified here as Mrs. H.W. Booth. Cecil Corone Smith Evans is identified as Mrs. W.E. Evans.
Date:: August 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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