Betty Hill, dubbed by the Los Angeles Sentinel the "Mother of Negro Political Leaders," founded the Women's Republican Study Club (later the Women's Political Study Club) in Los Angeles in 1929. Her many causes included fighting Jim Crow in Los Angeles hospitals and public swimming pools, abolishing separate civil service lists for African American school teachers, and getting the Board of Education to approve a child care center program. Hill was married to Sgt. Abraham Hill. Certificate of appreciation awarded to Betty Hill for her leadership in supporting improvements to Will Rogers Park in Watts, especially in the construction of a swimming pool that was completed in 1955. The park was later renamed Ted Watkins Park. Certificate text: The people of the County of Los Angeles / in appreciation / of the dedicated, unselfish, and untiring efforts of/ Mrs. Betty Hill / in civic and community affairs for the good of all / people and especially for her leadership in all of the major improvements of Will / Rogers Park including the fine new / Swimming Pool
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Ted Watkins Memorial Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) African American civil rights workers Women political activists Hill, Betty, 1876-1960
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