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The YWCA Boston building is a historic building located at 140 Clarendon Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The 13-story brick-faced steel-frame building was designed by George F. Shepard and Frederic Stearns , and built in 1929. [ 2 ]
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.
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 ]
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 ...
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As a non-profit organization, the YMCA offers fitness facilities, a pool, classes, and even inexpensive summer day camps for kids at certain locations. YMCA membership is also relatively affordable...
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 ...
YWCA Boston building (Clarendon Street), Boston, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Boston, Massachusetts. [9] Landmark building of the YWCA Boston organization. YWCA of Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, listed on the NRHP in St. Louis County, Minnesota. [9] YWCA, Phillis Wheatley Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in St. Louis ...