Young Women's Christian Association
Variant namesThe YWCA of Washington State College was established in 1895. It provided the women of the college a place to worship, held bible classes, and located housing and employment. It also served as a social organization that participated with the YMCA of Washington State College. A popular social event in the 1910s-1930s were the conferences held at Seabeck, Washington. Topics at Seabeck focused on issues of the YWCA and the YMCA of the Pacific Northwest.
During the 1940s, the chapter concentrated on global issues; the YWCA had plans to send care packages overseas, although the lack of funds prohibited such action. In the 1950's and 1960's the organization studied politics and world relations, presenting programs on various subjects including the war in Vietnam and the democratic system. In 1969 the YWCA adopted the imperative of "the elimination of racism." During the 1970's and the 1980's the YWCA offered more projects on cultural awareness in the United States.
Membership grew steadily throughout the years, peaking in 1954 with 711 members. By 1972 the membership had dropped to 219 members. The student body provided sole support for the YWCA until 1917 when the University partially funded the secretary's position. Other assistance came from the Helen A. Fuller Endowment Fund, established by Fuller in 1929. Presently, the United Way provides 75% of the YWCA's budget.
From the guide to the Young Women's Christian Association Records, 1906-1980, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) has its roots in Anglo-American evangelicalism and in the growth of the middle class in the nineteenth century. Women in the United States played a range of roles in the consolidation of this organization. Much of the YWCA’s leadership came from educated and leisured women whose roots were in mainline Protestant church networks and who were interested in spreading the Gospel and doing Christian good works. Constituents and staff came from working women and college students seeking fellowship as well as from new professional social workers, teachers, and reformers with visions of social change. Women in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Ohio built Association boarding houses, training schools, and day nurseries in the decades before the YWCA incorporated into a national organization in 1907, with its new headquarters in New York City.
Portland, Oregon’s YWCA was founded in 1901. The founding Board was made up of women from some of the most economically and politically prominent white families in the city: Corbett, Failing, Ladd, and Honeyman. Like most “city associations,” as they were called before national incorporation, protective outreach to working women in the downtown area was a priority. The Portland YWCA ran its early programs out of rented rooms, and included a dormitory, a visiting parlor, meeting rooms, and classroom space available to members or to paying customers. The YWCA built its first permanent building downtown in 1908.
In later years the Portland YWCA was proactive in providing services to economically and racially disadvantaged groups. They were one of the few organization to come out publicly against Japanese internment during World War II. This collection documents the varied activities of this organization.
From the guide to the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Portland, Oregon Papers, 1901-2001, (Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives)
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associatedWith | ALICE HAMILTON, 1869-1970 | person |
correspondedWith | Balanchine, George. | person |
associatedWith | Barnes, Ruth | person |
associatedWith | Betty Friedan | person |
associatedWith | Bishop, Merlin D. | person |
associatedWith | Brewer, Alice Van Ess, 1919-2006. | person |
associatedWith | Bureau of Vocational Information (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Calderone, Mary Steichen, 1904-1998 | person |
associatedWith | Carter, Katherine Pollard | person |
associatedWith | Carter, Katherine Pollard | person |
associatedWith | Cheerio Club (Louisville, Ky.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Christian Association (University of Pennsylvania) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Christie, Thomas. | person |
associatedWith | Christie, Thomas. | person |
associatedWith | ESTHER (EGGERTSEN) PETERSON, 1906-1997 | person |
associatedWith | Everett, Kathrine R. (Kathrine Robinson), 1893-1992 | person |
associatedWith | Everett, R. O. (Reuben Oscar), 1879-1971 | person |
associatedWith | Fenn family. | family |
associatedWith | FRIEDA SEGELKE MILLER, 1889-1973 | person |
associatedWith | George, Virginia Heim, 1908- | person |
associatedWith | Goucher College Class of 1903. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965 | person |
correspondedWith | Hudson, Manley Ottmer, 1886- | person |
associatedWith | Johns, Ruth Elizabeth | person |
associatedWith | Kelly, Anna D., 1913-2007. | person |
associatedWith | Kent, Mabelle Smith, 1884-1947 | person |
associatedWith | Klauber, Alice Ellen, 1871-1951 | person |
associatedWith | Lackey, Ina Ruth Hillis, 1909-1999 | person |
correspondedWith | Lazaron, Morris Samuel | person |
associatedWith | Lena Madesin Phillips, 1881-1955 | person |
associatedWith | Lilly, Austin P., 1896-1991. | person |
associatedWith | Lominack, T. Jerry. | person |
associatedWith | Masterson Family | family |
associatedWith | Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 | person |
associatedWith | McConoughey, Artha May | person |
associatedWith | MORGAN-HOWES | person |
associatedWith | Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957 | person |
associatedWith | National Travelers Aid Society. Travelers Aid Society of San Diego | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Niebuhr, Lee, | corporateBody |
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associatedWith | Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 | person |
associatedWith | Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997. | person |
associatedWith | Phillips, Lena Madesin, 1881-1955. | person |
associatedWith | Queens Borough Public Library. Long Island Division. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Rather, Ethel Zivley | person |
associatedWith | R.J. Nunn Trust Fund (Savannah, Ga.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Simons, Savilla Millis | person |
associatedWith | Slattery-Robinson, Kelly, | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Slattery-Robinson, Kelly, | corporateBody |
associatedWith | SOMERVILLE-HOWORTH FAMILY | family |
associatedWith | Strang family. | person |
associatedWith | Tang, Esther Don. | person |
associatedWith | Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954. | person |
associatedWith | Traveller's Aid Society | corporateBody |
associatedWith | University of Minnesota. Student Activities Bureau | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Ure, Helen Bowring. | person |
associatedWith | Vidal, Gore, 1925- | person |
associatedWith | Weidman, Hazel | person |
associatedWith | Women in Action. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Women's History Research Center | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Young Women's Christian Association (Newark N.J.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Young Women's Christian Association (Newark N.J.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Young Women's Christian Association (Newark N.J.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Young Women's Christian Association of Kansas. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Young Women's Christian Association (Pullman, Wash.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Young Women's Christian Association. Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. San Diego County | corporateBody |
associatedWith | YWCA of Silicon Valley. | corporateBody |
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Portland (Or.) |
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Japanese Americans |
Oregon |
Social service |
Washington (State) |
Women |
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. |
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