Originally The Colored Young Women's Christian Association, This Was The City's First Ywca And The Nation's First And Only Independent Black Ywca. Located On Rhode Island Ave., Washington, D.C., 2010
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Image Title: Originally The Colored Young Women's Christian Association, This Was The City's First Ywca And The Nation's First And Only Independent Black Ywca. Located On Rhode Island Ave., Washington, D.C., 2010
Creator: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Date: 2010.
Notes: The YWCA was organized in 1905 by members of the Book Lovers Club, a black women's literary group led by Rosetta Lawson, one of the co-founders of Frelinghuysen University. In 1920 they moved to a newly constructed building renamed to honor Phillis Wheatley (ca.1753-1784)who was considered the first published African American poet. National Council of Negro Women President Emerita Dorothy Height served as executive secretary from 1939 to 1944.
Subjects: America
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Places: District of Columbia--Washington D.C.
Original Media: Photograph
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