The Young Women's Christian Association of the Mid-Peninsula Records contains materials related to its history, administration, public policy advocacy, programming for women and children, and incorporation of the Stanford YWCA in 1982.

The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) began in England in 1855, and the first U.S. offices opened in New York (1858) and Boston (1859). It worked to serve the spiritual and material needs of young women living on their own in cities, providing safe residences, job training, daycare, exercise, and recreational programs, as well as developing leadership skills and encouraging civic participation. Today there are close to 300 branches in the United States and chapters in more than 122 countries.

51 Linear Feet 92 manuscript boxes, 6 flat boxes, 1 carton, 1 map folder; including posters, framed certificates, books, etc.; 6 cassette tapes, 3 reels of magnetic audiotape; 1 reel of super 8 film, 3 VHS tapes

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