 McDaniel was also a member of American Women's Voluntary Services.She joined the actor Clarence Muse, one of the first black members of the Screen Actors Guild, in an NBC radio broadcast to raise funds for Red Cross relief programs for Americans that had been displaced by devastating floods, and she gained a reputation for generosity, lending money to friends and strangers alike.McDaniel married Howard Hickman on January 19, 1911, in Denver, Colorado.