Papers, 1928-1973.
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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. ...
Diekmann, Annetta, 1888-1974.
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Annetta Diekmann (1888-1974) was a pioneer in women's rights and welfare work. She was appointed the first industrial secretary for the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association in 1918. In 1924, she moved to Chicago and served as the industrial secretary of the Chicago YWCA. Upon her retirement in 1956, Annetta Diekmann became a full-time volunteer as secretary of the Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. In this position, she developed statewide educational pr...
Diekmann, Annetta, 1878-1974
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American Civil Liberties Union
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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...
