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YWCA USA is also a part of World YWCA, which is a global movement working for women’s empowerment, leadership, and rights in more than 120 countries. Each year, YWCAs help more than 535,000 women with safety services, which include sexual assault programs, domestic violence services such as emergency shelter, crisis hotlines, counseling and ...
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 ...
The Boston Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) (est.1866) [1] [2] was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, "to aid the young working-women of Boston, without regard to their religious belief." It was incorporated in 1867 by Pauline A. Durant, Ann Maria Sawyer, Hannah A. Bowen, and Clara L. Wells. [3] It is the United States' oldest YWCA.
Dec. 31—NEWBURYPORT — In her last official act as mayor Thursday, Donna Holaday unveiled the YWCA Greater Newburyport's newest affordable housing project, YWCA at Hillside, and called for ...
The YWCA history dates back to 1855, when the philanthropist Lady Mary Jane Kinnaird founded the North London Home for nurses travelling to or from the Crimean War. [1] The home addressed the needs of single women arriving from rural areas to join the industrial workforce in London, by offering housing, education and support with a "warm Christian atmosphere".
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.
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