Records, 1882-2001.

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Records, 1882-2001.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52289350

This collection contains bylaws, minutes, correspondence, annual reports, photos, lantern slides, scrapbooks, pamphlets and newspaper clippings dating from 1882 to the present. The material relates chiefly to issues of women's rights and to YWCA programs such as summer camps. The collection also contains material regarding other social service agencies in Chicago.

38.5 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7652368

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Young Women's Christian Association of Chicago

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Women's Christian Association (Chicago, Ill.)

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YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago

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The Women's Christian Association was founded in 1876 by thirteen Chicago women concerned about the plight of single young women in the city. Within four years, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), as it was later called, was running two residences for working women, an employment bureau and a dispensary. Members of the YWCA also monitored railway stations and steamer entrances to provide protection to young women arriving in a strange city and to direct them to a safe place to stay. ...