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Additional Sources on the YWCA
Related SSC Web sites
Collections in the Sophia Smith Collection
The YWCA of the U.S.A. Records, 570 linear feet (1132 boxes and 382 microfilm reels). Dating from 1860 to 2002, these records document the administration of the National Association, its programs and publications, and its relations with its member YWCAs all over the country.
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Fundraising Brochure, “The World and the Girl,” 1932 |
- A number of women with YWCA connections, including several national staff members, were interviewed as part of the Schlesinger Library's Black Women Oral History Project (1987). The Sophia Smith Collection holds copies of the transcripts. See:
- Frankie V. Adams
- Melnea Agnes (Jones) Cass
- Dorothy (Boulding) Ferebee
- Virginia (Clark) Gayton
- Anna Arnold Hedgeman
- Dorothy Irene Height
- Susie Pearl (Williams) Jones
- Lucy (Miller) Mitchell
- Julia (Hamilton) Smith
- Olive Pearl Stokes
- Mary (Crutchfield) Wright Thompson
- Sue (Bailey) Thurman
- Frances Harriet Williams
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General Readings
Erb, Frank Otis, The Development of the Young People's Movement, University of Chicago Press, 1917
Hendee, Elizabeth Russell, The Growth and Development of the Young Women's Christian Association: An Interpretation, New York: The Womans Press, 1930
Rice, Anna V., A History of the World's Young Women's Christian Association, New York: The Woman's Press, 1947
Robinson, Marion O. Eight Women of the YWCA,
New York: National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A., 1966
Sims, Mary S., The First Twenty-Five Years:
Being a Summary of the Work of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America, 1906-1931, New York: The Womans Press, 1932
Sims, Mary S., The Natural History of a Social Institution-
The Young Women's Christian Association, New York: The Womans Press, 1936
Sims, Mary S., The Purpose Widens, 1947-67, National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A., 1969
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A group sing at the 26th National YWCA Convention, 1973 |
Sims, Mary S., The YWCA: An Unfolding Purpose, New York: Woman's Press, 1950
Spain, Daphne, How Women Saved the City, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001
Vance, Catherine S., The Girl Reserve Movement of the Young Women's Christian Association: An Analysis of the Educational Principles and Procedures Used Throughout Its History,
New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, Contributions to Education, 1937
Wilson, Elizabeth, Fifty Years of Association Work Among Women, 1866-1916: A History of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America, National Board, 1916
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Christian Faith and Social Action
Evans, Sara M., ed. Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements, and Social Justice, 1955-1975. Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003
Mains, Helen Frances and Grace Loucks Elliot, From Deep Roots: The Story of the YWCA's Religious Dimensions, National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A., 1974
Wilson, Grace H., The Religious and Educational Philosophy of the Young Women's Christian Association: A historical study of the changing religious and social emphases of the Association as they relate to changes in its educational philosophy and to observable trends in current religious thought, educational philosophy, and social situations, New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1933
Interracial Education
Height, Dorothy I, Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir,New York: Public Affairs, 2003
Robertson, Nancy Marie, Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 1906-46,Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2007
Taylor, Frances Sanders, "On the Edge of Tomorrow": Southern Women, the Student YWCA, and Race, 1920-44 . PhD thesis, Stanford University, 1984.
Web resources:
Industrial Awakening
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