ALUMNI, TRUSTEE, BENEFACTORESS
OF HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE.
   BORN IN RISING STAR, DAUGHTER 
OF A PIONEER BAPTIS MINISTER. 
HAD TEACHING CAREER BEFORE HER 
MARRIAGE TO J. HOWARD HODGE, A 
MIDLAND THEATRE AND OIL MAGNATE.
   PRESIDENT, TEXAS FEDERATION OF 
WOMEN'S CLUBS, 1947-1951.  HAS HELD 
DIVISION CHAIRMANSHIPS, GENERAL 
FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, AN 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
   MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, 
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY.  PAST MEMBER, ADVISORY
GROUP, PRESIDENT'S WHITE HOUSE 
COMMITTEE FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY.  A 
LEADER IN WEST TEXAS CIVIC LIFE.

OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF TEXAS SERIES - 1967