Margaret Ping Papers 1933-1954

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Margaret Ping Papers 1933-1954

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YWCA executive; YWCA overseas official. Letters home to her family while she wasworking for the YWCA of the USA at the YWCA of Mexico City, published books, and biographical clippings. Also,letters home from her days at the Church of All Nations settlement house on New York City's LowerEast Side (1933-1934). [NOTE: The contents list for this collection is not online. Contact the Sophia SmithCollection if you would like one sent to you.]

2 boxes; (.75 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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World Young Women's Christian Association

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Ping, Margaret

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Margaret Virginia Ping was born May 11, 1912 in Liberal, Missouri to James J. and Ruth Blevans Ping. When Margaret was four the family moved to Hardin, Montana, where her parents ran a dry goods store. After earning an A.B. from Oberlin College in 1933, she went on to complete an M.A. in religious education at Teachers College in New York City. Ping's long career with the YWCA began in 1936 when she took a job as Girl Reserve Secretary for the YWCA in Pueblo, Colorado. She continued...

Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.

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Records of the YWCA's programs and activities among blacks began in 1907. From the description of Records, 1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007201 The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula opened in 1948 as a recreation center for business women. It expanded to provide recreational and social services for women that met the organization's mission of "empowering women and eliminating racism." The organization was based in Palo Alto until its closing in 2003. ...