Business and professional women, circa 1923-1949
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. Business and Professional Women Department. A cooperative program with the Jewish Welfare Board concerns the problems faced by married women in the workforce. Following this material are various reports analyzing the program and mission of the department's work with employed woman including work with the rising white collar worker. Other materials include program guides and ideas, pamphlets and other planning materials. In addition, documents include bulletins concerning the international celebration of YWCA Business and Professional Departments, the World Wide Observance.
Dates of Materials
- circa 1923-1949
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
However, by agreement with the YWCA of the U.S.A., microdexes known to contain financial records or personal health information (usually on job applications) were not digitized and/or not published in our online repository as part of the CLIR Digitizing Hidden Collections grant. These microdexes may still be accessed on the original microfilm, and digital files may be made available to individual researchers upon request.
Extent
519 frames (1 partial reel)
- Bulletins
- Bulletins
- Business -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Cost and standard of living
- Interpersonal relations
- Labor laws and legislation
- Labor unions
- Married women -- Employment
- Nonprofit organizations -- Administration
- Office equipment and supplies
- Pamphlets
- Wages -- Women
- White collar workers
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- Health and hygiene
- Women -- Health and hygiene
- Women and religion
- Women and religion
- Women in the labor movement
- Work environment
- articles
- articles
- correspondence
- outlines (documents)
- reports
- schedules (time plans)
- speeches (documents)
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository