George, Virginia Heim, 1908-

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  • 1908: Born in St. Joseph, Missouri
  • 1929: University of Wisconsin, major in economics
  • 1929 - 40 : Program Director, YWCA, working with industrial workers, Kansas City, Utica, Pittsburgh Camp Director, YWCA
  • 1937: Carnegie Institute of Technology, graduate study in group work
  • 1940 - 43 : Executive Director, YWCA, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
  • 1943 - 45 : Regional Assistant Director of USO, Brazil, Caribbean Area
  • 1946 - 48 : Program Consultant, YWCA, Czechoslovakia, with two-week special
  • 1948 - 51 : National staff, YWCA, Community Division, working with business
  • 1951 - 53 : Group work and recreational director, YWCA, Oakland, California
  • 1953 - 56 : Executive Director, YWCA, Yakima, Washington
  • 1956 - 66 : Executive Director, YWCA, Utica, New York
  • 1962 - 64 : Advisor, YWCA, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1966 - 71 : Advisor, YWCA, Colombia, with three short periods in Lima, Peru
  • 1971: Executive Director, YWCA, Omaha, Nebraska
  • 2003?: Virginia Heim George died circa 2003

From the guide to the Virginia Heim George Papers 221., 1925-1981, (Sophia Smith Collection)

YWCA overseas secretary; USO official.

Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1908; B.A. economics, University of Wisconsin, 1929; Program Director and Camp Director, YWCA, working with industrial workers in Kansas City, Utica, and Pittsburgh, 1929-40; graduate study in group social work, Carnegie Institue of Technology, 1937; Executive Director, YWCA, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1940-43; Regional Assistant Director of USO, Brazil, Caribbean Area, 1943-45; Program Consultant, YWCA, Czechoslovakia, with two-week special assignment working with women's groups in Germany as part of the military government, Women's Affairs Section, 1946-48; National YWCA executive positions in Oakland, California, Yakima, Washington, and Utica, New York, 1948-66. YWCA advisor in Taipei, Taiwan, and Lima, Peru, 1962-71. Executive Director, YWCA, Omaha, Nebraska, 1971.

From the description of Papers, 1925-1981. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 24515549

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Czechoslovakia
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World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1908

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