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- Title
- New YWCA secretary in Ethiopia.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-29940 NEW YWCA SECRETARY IN ETHIOPIA NEW YORK -- Mrs. Gladys C. Lawther of Portland, Ore., a staff member of the YWCA of the U.S.A., has been named advisory secretary to the new YWCA of Ethiopia, founded in 1962. She has been Pacific Northwest regional executive director for the College and University Division of the YWCA and the World University Service. Associated with the YWCA since 1945, primarily in educational positions, Mrs. Lawther will work in a child-care and literacy program being launched by the Ethiopia YWCA and social work agencies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (YW-NY-9E-63-NBM)
- Creator Name(s)
- Young Women’s Christian Association. (publisher), Pach Brothers (Firm) (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1963
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Young Women’s Christian Association., Young Women’s Christian Association--Management., Lawther, Gladys C.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Christian women--Societies and clubs., Child care services--Ethiopia., Literacy programs--Ethiopia., Social workers--Oregon--Portland., Women social workers--Oregon--Portland.
- Geographic subjects
- Ethiopia., Ethiopia., Oregon, Portland., Oregon, Portland., Ethiopia., New York (N.Y.), Portland (Ore.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-29940; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-29940
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:358110
- Title
- YWCA executive director.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-45800 YWCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK -- The appointment of Sara-Alyce P. Wright as the new executive director of the Young Women’s Christian Association of the U.S.A. has been announced in New York by Mrs. William H. Genne, national president. Mrs. Wright, currently deputy national executive director, will assume her new post Sept. 1. She succeeds Edith M. Lerrigo, who is retiring after 15 years in the Association’s top professional post. The YWCA, with its more than 2,300,000 members and program participants, is the largest women’s membership organization in the country. Mrs. Wright, a native of Pennsylvania, has served in a variety of YWCA posts for more than 20 years and has also been involved in community work. She is the wife of the Rev. Emmett F. Wright, pastor of Christ Memorial Church Baptist in St. Albans, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-7C-74-DS)
- Creator Name(s)
- Pach Brothers (Firm) (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1974
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Wright, Sara-Alyce P., Young Women’s Christian Association of the U.S.A.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Women in church work--United States., Christian women--Societies, etc., Women., African American women.
- Geographic subjects
- United States., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-45800; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-45800
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:360878