{"id":232,"date":"2017-03-08T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/?p=232"},"modified":"2017-03-08T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:19:07","slug":"an-organization-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/2017\/03\/08\/an-organization-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"An organization for women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s International Women&#8217;s Day. I&#8217;ve been immersed in the records of the YWCA of the USA for the past year and would be remiss\u00a0if I let this day go by without noting the amazing resources available in the YWCA of the USA records\u00a0documenting an organization working\u00a0to empower all women. Through advocacy, social justice, education and programming the YWCA USA has worked with and for women and girls in cooperation with other organizations and movements. You can read more about the history of the organization and the YWCA of the USA records in a <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/2016\/07\/13\/introduction-to-the-ywca-of-the-u-s-a-records\/\">previous blog post<\/a>. Describing the microfilm, photographs and serials has been a powerful reminder to me of what great things women can accomplish when we put aside our differences and work together in support of a better life for all. In creating robust metadata records I hope to connect researchers to these documents and through increased access create opportunity for greater learning from and connecting to the past. The YWCA of the USA records are part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith.edu\/libraries\/libs\/ssc\/\">Sophia Smith Collection<\/a> where one can find the records and collections of individuals, organizations and subjects documenting\u00a0women&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s impossible to select an image or document that represents the long history and wide ranging activities of the YWCA USA. I&#8217;ve selected a few of the photographs that have recently come back from digitization that offer a very small sample of the work of the YWCA USA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_003_p001-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"image of four women standing in front of a bus holding a sign that says state legislature here we come YWCA\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_003_p001-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_003_p001-768x945.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_003_p001-832x1024.jpg 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-235\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_008_p001-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"image of two women and a man standing behind a seated man\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_008_p001-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_008_p001-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f001_008_p001-1024x836.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-236\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f002_011_p001-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"image of a group of women holding signs standing in front of a group of men\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f002_011_p001-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f002_011_p001-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1024_f002_011_p001-821x1024.jpg 821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-237\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1025_f006_019_p001-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"image of three women walking\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1025_f006_019_p001-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1025_f006_019_p001-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1025_f006_019_p001-827x1024.jpg 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1036_f004_003_p001-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"image of a group of women seated in a classroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/03\/smith_ssc_324_b1036_f004_003_p001-300x253.jpg 300w, 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I&#8217;ve been immersed in the records of the YWCA of the USA for the past year and would be remiss\u00a0if I let this day go by without noting the amazing resources available in the YWCA of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/2017\/03\/08\/an-organization-for-women\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/i-spy-the-ywca-usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}