Ruth Van Meter Papers 1954-1973

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Ruth Van Meter Papers 1954-1973

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YWCA overseas secretary and official. This very small collection consists of Van Meter's notes about her travels and experiences working to establish YWCA chapters around the world and includes material relating to YWCA centers in Turkey and in South America.

1 box; (.25 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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World Young Women's Christian Association

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Van Meter, Ruth, 1911-1992

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Ruth Van Meter was born in Moscow, Idaho on February 6, 1911 and moved to Portland, Oregon in 1922. She earned her B.A. from Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentuck, and did graduate work at USC and Columbia. Upon graduation she did clerical work in Portland. Ultimately she became an executive director of local Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) centers in California, Utah, and Hawaii. Later, she ran YWCA programs in fifteen other countries (Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ch...