Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington) Photograph Collection 1971-1981 1971-1972

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Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington) Photograph Collection 1971-1981 1971-1972

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Photographs of the YWCA at the University of Washington, which provided feminist services and programming in the 1970s.

111 photographic prints; 25 slides

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University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington)

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The University of Washington Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) was established in 1895 by Ella Chamberlain, head of the English department. It was the first women's organization on campus and was organized before the incorporation of the national YWCA in 1906. In its early years, the UW YWCA was mostly a religious organization, offering Bible study groups, and devotional and missionary meetings. Throughout the 1910s, members volunteered to perform mission work and teach English to Japan...