Following her judicial service , in 1928 Henenberg became a member of the executive committee of the state Democratic Party . She took active leadership positions , both at the state and regional levels , in the 1932 presidential campaign of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner , gaining much support from members of Business and Professional Women 's Clubs nationwide . From 1929 to 1931 she served as an assistant attorney general for the state of Texas ; in 1934 she was made a special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States . She was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention . From 1941 to 1947 she was an assistant district attorney for Dallas County , specializing in domestic-relations matters ; during her time in the position she created a unit especially to jail fathers who were delinquent in paying child support . Later in her life Henenberg discontinued her activism so that she could care for her sister . She died in Dallas in 1974 and was buried in Restland Memorial Park
1932 Democratic National Convention
1932 Democratic National Convention
Hattie Leah Henenberg