Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington) photograph collection, 1971-1981 [graphic]. 1971-1981.

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Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington) photograph collection, 1971-1981 [graphic]. 1971-1981.

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This collection of photographic prints and slides documents activities of the Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington) during the early 1980s, such as a Halloween mask workshop offered by the Women's Cultural Center and remodeling work on the office. The bulk of the collection contains photographs relating to the Lesbian Resource Center, including portraits of co-coordinators Shelley Reddick and Kathy Timmons. There is also a series of photographs of women at work in the skilled trades that were made for a brochure advertising Mechanica's services. (The brochure is part of the YWCA (UW) records, Accession no. 1930-21.) The Aradia Clinic's construction by an all-female crew in 1972 is also documented.

111 photographic prints ; various sizes.25 slides : col.

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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...