Syria, 1931-1949
Scope and Contents
The report of the study, "The Status of Women in Lebanon" takes a detailed look at the rights of women in addition to the social and religious customs affecting their lives. Correspondence and reports update the YWCA of the U.S.A. offices and associations of the work being done, seek additional staff or finances, arrange travel to the United States for Syrian trainees and assess future needs for association work.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1931-1949
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
186 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- YWCA of the U.S.A. Foreign Division (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Christian stewardship
- Christianity -- Syria
- Feminism -- Lebanon
- Fund raising
- Fund raising
- Homemakers -- Lebanon
- Labor laws and legislation -- Lebanon
- Married women -- Lebanon
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Refugees -- Lebanon
- Women -- Education -- Lebanon
- Women -- Employment -- Lebanon
- Women -- Lebanon
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Lebanon
- Women -- Social conditions -- Lebanon
- Women -- Syria
- Women's rights -- Lebanon
- Young Women's Christian associations -- Lebanon
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository