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Helen Gym (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ m / GHIHM; [1] Korean: 김혜련, [2] born January 11, 1968) [3] [4] is an American politician. She was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council . [ 5 ]
Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden , a Swedish colony.
YMCA Philadelphia, also Greater Philadelphia YMCA was founded on June 15, 1854, by George H. Stuart, a prominent Philadelphia businessman and importer. The goal of the Association was to reach "the many thousands of neglected youth not likely to be brought under any moral influence by any other means."
On a recent day, she led families visiting the community putz to their seats. After recounting a brief history of the Moravian Church and the Pennsylvania city, she drew a curtain to display the dozens of wooden figures — angels, shepherds, kings carrying gifts — in a tiny landscape decorated with pebbles, wood and moss.
In 1872, the Cedar Crest Alumnae Association was founded; it later registered as a non-profit in 1933. In 1884, the campus was expanded to include 25 rooms, a gym, library, art room, and a chapel. The school was renamed to the Allentown College for Women in 1893. [4] on June 4, 1913, the school would move again, this time to its present location.
For the following 25 years, Frazier trained boxers at the gym, including Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion Duane Bobick, Bert Cooper, and Olympic medalist Terrance Cauthen. The gym was also open to local inner-city youth. [1] Frazier, who maintained an apartment above the gym, was forced to sell the building due to debt and back taxes in 2008. [2]
Saint Vincent Archabbey and College was founded in 1846 [3] by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Metten Abbey in Bavaria. On April 18, 1870, the Pennsylvania state legislature incorporated the school as a college, Saint Vincent College. On January 28, 1963 a fire destroyed many of the buildings on campus including a student chapel and a bell tower. [4]
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