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The Worcester YWCA was founded in 1885 by fourteen women "to promote the temporal, moral and religious welfare of young women who are dependent on their own exertions for support." [ 2 ] Initially operating classes out of leased commercial space, it soon acquired a property on Chatham Street where it established a boarding house in 1892.
Liberty Farm is a National Historic Landmark at 116 Mower Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.Built c. 1810, it was the home for most of their married life of Abby Kelley Foster (1810–1887) and Stephen Symonds Foster (1809-1881), early vocal abolitionists and women's rights activists.
The shelter, which opened Dec. 12, is run by South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc. at the former location of the Registry of Motor Vehicles. It has 60 beds: 45 for men and 15 for women. It has ...
South Middlesex Opportunities Council, commonly referred to as SMOC, is one of the largest private, non-profit social services groups in Eastern Massachusetts. Operating in the Metrowest region of the state, the group provides homeless shelters, drug rehabilitation programs, family counseling handicapped transportation and numerous other social services.
The recent closure of shelter beds, including the former HARBOR program run by Living in Freedom Together, has exacerbated the issue in Worcester. Shelter crisis rises in Worcester as winter closes in
The Worcester contingent protesting Gov. Maura Healey's emergency shelter restrictions as inhumane are, from left, Nelly Medina, a community organizer, Anne Bureau of Seven Hills Foundation ...
Crittenton, Inc. was the product of a merger between two pioneering women’s rights societies of the late 19th century; the Boston Female Moral Reform Society and the Florence Crittenton Home. [1] Both organizations had similar goals in assisting poor and unwed mothers and ultimately worked together to help these women achieve economic ...
The shelter model can successfully be that bridge if we treat it not as simply temporary housing but as a hub of comprehensive services and supports. Guest column: Shelters a bridge from streets ...