D. W. Ensign, the owner of a Battle Creek, Michigan-based patent medicine mail-order business, served as treasurer and was more involved in the operations than either Higgins or Jones.
They helped recruit lawyer Clarence Darrow to represent Barmore in her litigation against Robertson and Bundensen.
Barmore's litigation was unsuccessful in relieving her of her quarantine, but did result in a ruling that weakened the authority of the Chicago health commissioner.
[3] Ahead of the 1928 United States presidential election, the AMLL endorsed Republican nominee Herbert Hoover.
[1] In the AMLL's first year, Lora C. Little formed a partnership between the organization and the National Public School Protective League to establish the Central Health Committee (CHC) of Illinois.
The CHC also endorsed AMLL member Frederick Freeark, a Chicago resident, to serve as a delegate to the convention.
At the Republican National Convention, the CHC contributed to the successful effort to oppose Leonard Wood's presidential candidacy.