 Later, she began a campaign to ensure that parents knew the dangers of unsuspected rheumatic fever.In 1958, Dr. Paul Dudley White presented her with the American Heart Association's very first "Heart-of-the-Year" Award, to be given annually to a distinguished American whose faith and courage in meeting the personal challenge of heart disease have inspired new hope for hearts.She wrote about her decision in "When the Song Left My Heart", an article in the October 1958 Everywoman's Family Circle.