Documents concerning the history, affiliation, administration and program of the YWCA of Wheeling, West Virginia. The administrative and organizational history of the association is documented in its constitutions, bylaws, fact sheets and historical notes. In addition, building and finance correspondence and reports provide insight into some of the operational work in the association, including its relationship to the community fund. Visitation reports and industrial department reports are assessments and reports of the association's program, services and overall performance submitted to national leadership. The "Laundry Case" materials are letters, notes and reports documenting the association's involvement in a dispute concerning their patronage of laundries. The event begin when the "labor girls" report that the laundry used by the association have been given a bad review by a national labor organization. The resulting actions, divided opinions and involvement of the community fund are recorded in materials arranged chronologically ending with a timeline of the events. Additional documents concerning the association include lists of staff and volunteer leaders and a community study of Wheeling.
West Virginia
circa 1906-1950
Leadership in women
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Societies and clubs
Women
Social conditions
Social action
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Nonprofit organizations
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Social service
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Employment
Women in the labor movement
Labor unions
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Young Women's Christian associations
Nonprofit organizations
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West Virginia, 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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