The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-19
Mrs. Hankiins Is Active In Work
 / Of Women

kins, who has become a leading figure in women's activities of the city.
 Mrs. J. NJ. Hankins came to Bir- mingham in the summer of 1911. In that same year she was made president of the Noman's Missionary Union of Sixty-sixth Street Baptist church. She was president of this union for three years. It was during this period that the pastorium for the church was built. The Missionary union played large part in the building of the pastorium and had the largest average attendance at their regular meeting that the church had ever had up to this time. Mrs. Hankins was teacher of large class of young ladies and young men in the Sunday school of this church for five years.
 In the autumn of 1912, she was made president of the parent-Teacher as- sociati0n of the Barrett School. Dr. Spright Dowell was principal of the school at this time. It was during the summer of 1912 that the Birmingham library board was appointed, through the recommendation of Dr. Dowell and other friends. Mrs. Hankins was ap- pointed on this board to represent the East Lake district, and has served con tinuously on this board ever since.
 During the war, Mrs. Hankins was made general of the Rainbow army for the East Lake district, She had 6O women in this army well organized with lieutentant and captain. With this band of women every campaign for liberty bonds, charity, Red Cross, Red Cross Seal sales and everything taken up during the war period with the exception of two campaigns was put over in this district by this army.
 Mrs. Hankins was charter mem- Der of the Fortnightly Shakespeare club of East Lake. She was also president of this club for two years, during the war period.
 She joined the Woman's club of Woodlawn the first year she came to Birmingham. She has served as an officer or chairman of committees al- most every year since. She was made 1921. During this year the club was organized into a departmental club. The first bay saving campaign put on in this city was held in Woodlawn in the spring of this year. This cam paign closed with a unique costume parade. and May day dancing in the
 
 The club>this year put on a large Art Exhibit of Birmingham artists, and pictures of The Holy Grail Series. Six hundred people visited the exhibit. On March 6 of this year the club called a mass meeting and organized an East Lake Boulevard association. Mrs. Hankins was made president of this association. In three weeks time, almost every club and woman's organ ization of the eastern district had work ed together, had planted out 100 Amer ican elms and crape myrtles along this boulevard. While the prime object of this association, the paving of First avenue, is not yet realized. The mem- bers do not feel that it is a lost cause and they are still working for that goal.
 Mrs. Hankins has served for five years as president of the Woodlawn Woman's Christian union.
 At present, she is serving her second year as president of Jefferson County Woman's Christian Temperance union. She is also serving her second year as Ipresident of the Jefferson County League o; Women Voters. The league of last year put on a poll tax campaign, great ly increasing the interest in citizenship and poll tax registration. A citizenship contest in the three high schools of the city was conducted. A housewise fair was held, conducted with over 30,000 in attendance. A mass meeting was called by the legislative department, resulting in the formation of the statewide cam paign committee for the abolishment of the convict lease system. Two attrac- | tive programs were held to welcome the 1 foreigners when they were naturalized. The league had two instructive pro- grams for world peace. Also a peace float in the Armistice Day parade, which was designed to call the atten- tion of the public to the fact that world peace is still the calling voice from Flanders Fields" In October, the league put on membership cam paign closing with tea and Halloween costume luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel. The Halloween luncheon was attended by record breaking crowd. The uniQuenesS of decoration and fun will long live as a pleasant page in memory book for all those that attend ed. The paid up membership of the league was almost trebled by this cam paign. The regular programs of the league followed closely by the outlines mapped out by the woman's state legis- lative council, the league lending all aid possible to the legislative program. The league studied aad indorsed many for ward measures of local interest.
 The present league year began Janu- ary 1. This year the league has put on citizenship school, with a group of instructors of the highest merits. Mrs. Neil Wallace, was chair I oGs of ha tax and registration campaign. Mrs. than $1,000 from their two booths. work that was accomplished by the citizenship school and the poll tax campaign. The peace and arbitration department has two world peace schdlar- ships, one at Howard, one at Birming- ham-Southern. Mrs. L.N F. Harris, chairman, is also planning some other big things for this department of the league. X debate on the Box Peace rlan was held at the Lyric theatre on Sunday night, February 3. Dr. Ed monds giving his regular Sunday night service to this program. Mrs. c. B. Jaynes was chairman of this program, which was of unique interest and was attended by an overflowing crowd. l Plans are being made to put on citizenship contest on q larger scale this year than last year.
 l Mrs. Hankins is a member of the executive board of the Birmingham Bap- 1 tist association, also member of the executive hoard of the Baptist Woman'S Missionary union. She is q charter members of the Axis club and has re- l gently. been elected president of the auxiliary of the Jefferson County Med ical society.
 Mrs. Hankins is a'graduate of the