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100 years of challenge and change : Whatcom women and the Bellingham YWCA
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In Honor of the Bellingham YWCA’s
Centennial Anniversary
1907-2007
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ISBN-10:
0-615-22573-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-22573-9
Published by the Bellingham YWCA
1026 North Forest
Bellingham 98225,…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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Kathryn Anderson, a professor of history and women’s studies at
Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College, tells of…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
1 0 0 Y e A r S o F C H A L L e N g e A N d C H A N g e
Written to celebrate the YWCA of Bellingham…
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Highlights of YWCA History
1855 - Young Women’s Christian Association founded in London
1858 - YWCA movement arrives in…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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1998 - dorothy Place, transitional housing
and…
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A well-dressed woman with her shopping bundle stops on the wood
planked sidewalk along unpaved Holly Street, circa 1900…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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The scattered settlements around Bellingham Bay…
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“singularly featured as it was with depression and disaster, fortitude and
resourcefulness, and internal strife that…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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The Civil War had released many women from their…
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Jane Addams
Indeed, women in several western states had been able to vote in state
elections since the 1890s: Wyoming…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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The Long road to Women’s Voting rights
“Women’s…
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The Donovan House at 1201 Garden Street, owned by
J. J. and…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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Whatcom County Clubwomen
“The club spirit is…
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The New Whatcom Ladies Cooperative Society was formed in october
1895, when the state was still under “the most severe…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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It is interesting to note the interlocking…
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Members of the Aftermath Club dressed in period
costume for the club’s 54th anniversary in 1950. Alwina
McCush is…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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A Legacy of Leadership
Sisters of St. Joseph of…
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ella rhodes Higginson
1861-1940
“Her life bears witness to the changes and concerns affecting this community
during the…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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Helen Loggie
1895-1976
“Her art expresses the…
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Women of the Aftermath Club
1895-2003
“They were a major influence on community life for 107 years,” Legacy Award…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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YWCA: From Britain to Bellingham
In 1855, the…
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New Whatcom Normal School’s Main building
with Kibbe Pond, 1909. J. W. Sandison.
Whatcom Museum of History and Art.
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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New Whatcom Normal School Leads the Way
The…
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New Whatcom Normal School YWCA
members, 1911.
Galen Biery Collection, Whatcom Museum
of History and Art.
Club members…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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Bellingham YWCA Is Founded in 1907
The November…
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In January 1907, the organizing leaders wrote to the state Association
president, Mrs. Allen, asking Miss gage return to…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
1 0 0 Y e A r S o F C H A L L e N g e A N d C H A N g e
The final organizing meeting took place on…
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The Carnegie Library, near the intersection of Commercial
and Magnolia, was the first temporary home of the YWCA.
J.…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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The Carnegie Library and Tresize House
on…
Typists Laura Eklund (left) and her sister Ella (right) at work in the
Comptroller’s Office in Bellingham City Hall, now the…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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employment Bureau
Among one of the most…
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Travelers Aid
The crowds coming to Bellingham during the “great White Fleet”
visit of May 1908 pointed to an unmet need.…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
The steamship Kulshan at…
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reports tell of children traveling alone without supervision or money,
of sick or foreign women who were particularly…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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The Larrabees Build the YWCA a Home
on July 21,…
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Women’s Christian Association feel now that they hold a high place in
the real active life of the community. encouraged…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
1 0 0 Y e A r S o F C H A L L e N g e A N d C H A N g e
The new YWCA home at Forest and Maple Streets,…
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Frances Payne Larrabee
Frances Payne Larrabee arrived in Fairhaven in August 1892 as the bride
of Charles X. Larrabee,…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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The ‘Teens and Twenties
With a stable home, the…
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Red Cross life-saving classes were a mainstay in the YWCA’s swimming
pool by the 1920s. The high-flying diver is Miss…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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When the swimming pool opened for use in April…
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As a Girl Reserve
I will try to be
Gracious in manner
Impartial in judgment
Ready for service
Loyal to friends…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
1 0 0 Y e A r S o F C H A L L e N g e A N d C H A N g e
Throughout the 1920s, the city of Bellingham held…
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In this photo, taken October 29, 1931 in the YWCA ballroom, domestic
aide students learn how to properly set a table and…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
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The great depression
The great depression period…
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operating with curtailed resources, YWCA staff and volunteers
concentrated on helping needy women find what few jobs there…
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BeLLinghAM YWCA
1 0 0 Y e A r S o F C H A L L e N g e A N d C H A N g e
The Kumtux Business Girls Club held a banquet in…