The division of the city into districts, each being in charge of different managers, enables the Society to administer its charity to needy Jews in different localities.
Their act led to the formation of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, a month later (November, 1819), in which Rebecca Gratz assumed an important part, and the two women alluded to-Mrs. Aaron Levy and Miss Hannah Levy-were members of the first Board of Managers.
Its objects are thus stated in the Preamble to its Constitution:—[2] "In all communities the means of alleviating the sufferings of the poor are considered of high importance by the benevolent and the humane.
The annual meeting is held on the first Wednesday morning in November, at the residence in the rear of the Synagogue of the Congregation Mickvéh Israel.
[3] The officers of 1894 were: President, Mrs. Miriam H. Wolf; Vice-president, Mrs. David H. Solis Sr.; Treasurer, Mrs. Isabel R. Weil; Secretary, Mrs. Myrtilla E. Mitchell; Managers, Mrs. Ernest Nusbaum, Mrs. Jonathan M. Emanuel, Mrs. Levy L. Hyneman, Mrs. Jacob Ullman, Mrs. Walter S. Berg, Mrs. Joseph Newhouse, Mrs. Jacob E. Hyneman, Mrs. Charles H. Vendig, and Mrs. Julius S.