Documents concerning the affiliation, history and program of the YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Green Bay and Dodge County, Wisconsin and an excerpt from a report concerning the community of Edgerton. The YWCA of Dodge County, formerly the YWCA of Beaver Dam, is a county association supporting associations that are otherwise able to support full associations. Administrative records, correspondence and report include program descriptions, assessments of the association's performance and record of their eventual discontinuance in 1923. The administrative and organizational history of the YWCA of Green Bay are documented in their constitutions, bylaws, fact sheets and historical notes. In addition, building and finance materials document the operational and administrative aspects of those functions. Visitation reports from field secretaries describe and assess the association's programs, activities and overall performance. Additional documents include lists of staff and volunteer leaders, program reports, correspondence concerning relationships with the YMCA and advisory correspondence with regional and national leadership.
Wisconsin
circa 1906-1950
Leadership in women
Women
Societies and clubs
Women
Social conditions
Social action
Women
Services for
Nonprofit organizations
Finance
Nonprofit organizations
Management
Social service
Women
Employment
Rural women
Young Women's Christian associations
Young Men's Christian associations
Nonprofit organizations
Administration
341 frames (1 partial reel)
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Wisconsin, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 3: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3, Reel 221
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