R. Elizabeth Johns Papers 1932-1972

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R. Elizabeth Johns Papers 1932-1972

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YWCA worker, Social worker, Social reform advocate. Papers are primarily related to her professional and public life, dating from 1932 to 1972. Organization files make up the bulk of the materials, documenting Johns' employment and volunteer work with a variety of liberal religious organizations from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, for economic, social, and racial justice; her work in the YWCA of Burma-Ceylon in the mid-1950s; a 1966 trip to Asia and Africa while working for the United Church of Christ; and her involvement with the Pan Pacific Southeast Asia Women's Association.

5 boxes; (2.25 linear ft.)

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Sophia Smith Collection

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Young Women's Christian Association

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The 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, th...

World Young Women's Christian Association

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United Church of Christ

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Johns, R. Elizabeth

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Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Johns was born September 13, 1911 to Rev. Benjamin Murley and Louise (Powell) Johns in Factoryville, Pennsylvania. Johns attended Wyoming Seminary, a Methodist boarding school in Kingston, Pennsylvania, and earned a B.A. from Goucher College in 1932. After college, Johns spent the summer of 1933 studying educational psychology and secondary education at Harvard, then took a job as a caseworker for the Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission (1933-34) and the Bal...

Johns, Ruth Elizabeth, 1911-1971

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YWCA worker; Social worker; Social reform advocate From the description of R. Elizabeth Johns papers, 1932-1972 (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 476907849 ...

Church Women United

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Affiliated with the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. From the description of Records of Church Women United, 1968-1970 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702150544 Berkeley-Albany Church Women United traces its origin to efforts to support local mission activities in 1911, Council of Women for Home Missions. In 1941, the group joined the national organization of Church Women United (CWU). The group served as an ecum...