- Title:
- The History of the Kitsap County Young Women's Christian Association
- Date Created:
- 1993
- Description:
- Two longtime members of the Kitsap County YWCA share the history of their organization, tracing its evolution from a wartime social club to a community outreach task force. The Lillian Walker interview focuses on the organizations early years, as well as Walkers civil rights activities. The Carolyn Hershberger interview covers the establishment of the ALIVE (Alternatives to Living In a Violent Environment) program and its merger with the Kitsap YWCA in the late 1970s.
- Subjects:
- Walker, Lillian (Lillian Allen), 1913-2012--Interviews Hershberger, Carolyn, 1945---Interviews Fine, Dorothy Kruse, Jean Volunteer workers in social service--Washington (State)--Kitsap County--Interviews African American women--Washington (State)--Kitsap County--Interviews Jewish women--Washington (State)--Kitsap County--Interviews. Women--Services for--Washington (State)--Kitsap County Charities--Washington (State)--Kitsap County YWCA of Kitsap County (Wash.) Alternatives to Living in a Violent Environment (ALIVE) Shelter
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Bremerton; United States--Washington (State)--Kitsap County
- Source:
- University of Washington Tacoma Community History Project
- Source Identifier:
- chp1993-05
- Type:
- image
- Format:
- cpd
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- http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en