Conference materials, post-conference evaluations and reports and pre conference planning materials for the 1939 southern region Girl Reserve Conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Conferences for Girl Reserve secretaries and advisors are a place for sharing methods and ideas, discussing the issues faced by young women and participating in training activities. During conference girls participate in recreational activities and discussion and leadership training sessions. Discussion groups address the social, spiritual and political issues affecting them and address ways to approach these issues in their lives. Following the conferences participants and leaders assess the accommodations, content and activities through reports and feedback forms. Despite the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s national inclusive initiatives, southern areas continue to have separate regional conferences for African American Girl Reserve clubs.
Girl Reserve conferences
1939
North Carolina, United States
South Carolina, United States
Tennessee, United States
Kentucky, United States
Alabama, United States
Georgia, United States
Florida, United States
Arkansas, United States
Mississippi, United States
Texas, United States
Oklahoma, United States
Virginia, United States
West Virginia, United States
477 frames (1 partial reel)
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Girl Reserve conferences, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 1: Series 1; Series 2, Reel 89
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