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| View Original: | Originally the Colored Young Women's Christian Association, this was the city's first YWCA and the nation's first and only independent black YWCA. Located on Rhode Island Ave., Washington, D.C LCCN2010642045.tif.tiff (6144x4096) | |||
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| Keywords: Originally the Colored Young Women's Christian Association, this was the city's first YWCA and the nation's first and only independent black YWCA. Located on Rhode Island Ave., Washington, D.C LCCN2010642045.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; The YWCA was organized in 1905 by members of the Book Lovers Club a black women's literary group led by Rosetta Lawson one of the co-founders of Frelinghuysen University In 1920 they moved to a newly constructed building renamed to honor Phillis Wheatley ca 1753-1784 who was considered the first published African American poet National Council of Negro Women President Emerita Dorothy Height served as executive secretary from 1939 to 1944 ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 176 ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of the George F Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010642045 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/10200/10234a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 10234 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 10234 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ The George F Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Forms part of the George F Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||