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YWCA USA was founded as the Young Women's Christian Association in New York City in 1858. In 1905, the Harlem YWCA hired the first Black woman general secretary of a local YWCA branch, Eva del Vakia Bowles. Bowles joined the national association as the head of "colored programs" in 1913 and remained in that capacity until 1932. [2]
YWCA USA was founded in 1858 and today has over 200 member associations, serving over 2 million women, girls, and their families. YWCA USA is one of the largest provider of domestic violence programs and shelters in the United States.
In 1918 the YWCA took control of The Hollywood Studio Club a hotel residence for aspiring actresses. In 1953 the Compton development Center was established [6] with programs designed for teens. In the late 1950s, the YWCA Greater Los Angeles began operation of a transient hotel for women and in 1965 the first Los Angeles Job Corps Center opened.
Mitchell was announced as the CEO of YWCA USA on October 14, 2021, with an effective start date of January 2022. [3] [4] [5] Prior to this, she was president of the YWCA of Greater Cleveland for 10 years.
The YWCA of Greater Portland was established in 1901 [2] as part of the larger YWCA USA, Young Women's Christian Association, which was founded in New York City in 1858. The "city association" format of the YWCA was organizing structure of the YWCA was racially segregated at the time.
The first YMCA in the United States opened on December 29, 1851, in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1851 by Captain Thomas Valentine Sullivan (1800–59), an American seaman and missionary.
The YWCA Building Complex is a set of three historic Young Women's Christian Association buildings in Athens, Georgia. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as a single listing, not a historic district.
A 1997 article covered all the YWCA buildings listed at that time. [6] (by state then city) Hollywood Studio Club, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, NRHP-listed; YWCA Building (Oakland, California), listed on the NRHP in Alameda County, California [7] Old YWCA Building (Riverside, California), listed on the NRHP in Riverside County ...