Conventions, eleventh, 1930
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the Eleventh National Convention of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Materials include reports and summaries of group discussions, the proposed program of study for the Public Affairs department, worship service programs, a program for an international night, and a general overview of the convention for those planning on attending. Group discussion topics include service to small and large associations, work in rural areas, association membership and health education. Matters of public affairs for the upcoming convention include the labor movement, immigration policies, political positions and more. The Public Affairs department adopts the following program emphases for the coming years: working conditions, international relations, immigration, maternal and infant welfare, public education, observance of prohibition and the responsibilities of citizenship.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1930
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
86 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Congresses and conventions -- Planning
- Emigration and immigration
- Health education of women
- International relations
- Labor laws and legislation
- Married women -- Employment
- Nonprofit organizations -- Administration
- Prohibition
- Public relations
- Rural women -- Societies, etc
- Unemployment
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- Political activity
- Women and religion
- Women and religion
- Women in the labor movement
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository