The name of Jane Boyd was synonymous with constant and loving concern for the children and people of the Oak Hill area. In addition to being a teacher, she was a pioneer social worker. in 1921 she started the concept of a community house, and in 1929 was instrumental in Dr. and Mrs. Wencil Ruml donating their large home on 5th Ave S.E. to be the start of a community house. Born in Tipton, Iowa she died December 16 1932. She was active in programs such as The Home for the Friendless (assisting friendless children unable to get a public school education) and The Little Mother's Club (helped foreign students and mothers learn English). She also helped pass the Perkins Law by the Iowa State Board of Education. This law provides that any district court judge, on information brought to him through an overseer of the poor as to any child under 16 suffering from a malady helped by medical or surgical treatment or hospital care, commit such child to the University of Iowa hospital for treatment. The court must be satisfied that the guardian of such child is unable to provide adequate medical, surgical, and hospital treatment. The age limit was removed later by the Hakell-Klaus Act. Out of the law also grew the children's hospital at the University of Iowa (Ewoldt, 2005).