Leigh, Hazel Vaughn, 1897-

Hazel Vaughn Leigh (1897-1995) was the founder of the Fort Worth Boys Club in 1935 and devoted her life to improving the quality of life for boys in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. After retiring as executive director of the Boys' Club in 1972, Mrs. Leigh continued to raise funds to support the Club. Among her many awards is the 1992 Pioneer Award granted by the Fort Worth Commission on the Status of Women. Following Mrs. Leigh's death in 1995, J'Nell Pate wrote Hazel Vaughn Leigh and the Fort Worth Boys' Club using documentation from the Hazel Vaughn Leigh Papers held in the Fort Worth Public Library Archives.