Memorial Hall became a social center for the people of Westport, New York. Westport Library remains in its original structure due to restrictions that granted it establishment in the first place. Late Adulthood In 1902 Lee moved to San Diego to find a better climate for her health problems. When she first moved to San Diego she met the Marston family, who were already involved in the Progressive movement. Lee was a supporter of the Progressive movement, and other than Theodore Roosevelt, she was friends with Florence Nightingale, Ralph Waldo Emerson and the family of Amos Bronson Alcott. Lee joined the movement through the Marston family and through Theodore Roosevelt’s role in the Progressive Party. She fought for social and political reform. She encouraged women to vote by campaigning for Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. She represented the California Progressive Party at the National Convention held in Chicago, Illinios after they noticed her contributions. By campaigning for Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 she would help women's suffrage and increase women's political rights. In San Diego Lee was a member of First Unitarian Church, Wednesday Club, Civic Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and other groups for cultural and civic development. She was also President of the San Diego Museum, the Balboa Park Auditorium Association, and the Balboa Park Commission. She was Honorary Director of the Women's Civic Center and Director of the Natural History Museum. She founded the Open Forum, a group that was devoted to discuss social, political, and international issues. In 1935 the Open Forum was "oldest continuous non-legislative forum of free public discussion in the United States" and it closed in the 1970s. She led the "Save the Beaches" campaign whose purpose was to open to public beaches in Southern California (especially San Diego). This campaign was against oil companies who had taken control of said beaches. Lee was also instrumental in developing the public playground system. The public playground system kept kids from developing bad habits and instead gave them somewhere to socialize in a healthy manner. Personal life & LGBTQ+ Significance Lee and her partner Katherine Teats, shared a home on Seventh Avenue in San Diego from 1902 till Alice's death in 1943, when Katherine continued in their home by herself. Katherine's grand niece, according to San Diego Magazine, said, "the family lore considered the pair to be lesbians." Together, they lived in the main house of