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Title: Following the Master: Young Women Who Consecrate Their Lives to Christian Work
Description: Portraits and biographical article about teachers Elizabeth Holding and Elizabeth Cushman and school principal Maria Gibson at the "Scarritt Bible Training School" in Kansas City for training missionaries to foreign countries.
Date: 1894-12-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Oh, the Sun Shone Bright a Few Fine Days Last Week
Description: Photos of young women in bikini-like bathing suits during hot, sunny weather.
Date: 1947-06-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: American Royal BOTARS
Description: In 1949 the American Royal Coronation Ball committee developed the idea of assembling a group of young women to be formally presented at the coronation event. The group was to be selected by the "Secret Six."
Date: 1958-09-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Miss Elsie M. Mountain to Head Council
Description: File containing an article about Miss Elsie Mountain, "executive secretary of the Paseo branch Y.W.C.A." being elected "president of the Kansas City council of the National Negro congress." Other officers of the organization included Lucile Bluford, treasurer.
Date: 1939-01-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Mrs. V. Hardee Middlebrooks, "Y" Director, Chosen Woman of the Week
Description: File containing an article and photo about Mrs. Velma Hardee Middlebrooks, or Velma Middlebrooks, "executive director of the Yates branch Y.M.C.A." in Kansas City, Kansas. Middlebrooks came to Kansas City in about 1929 after having been "the first Negro volunteer worker in the 'Y' movement."
Date: 1949-03-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Real Estate Brokers to Hold Workshop
Description: News article with photos about the Real Estate Brokers workshop at the Paseo Y.W.C.A. held "under the auspices of the Urban League of Kansas City." The article provides photographs of several of the African American Kansas Citians speaking on various real estate issues at the workshop.
Date: 1951-05-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Real Estate Brokers to Hold Workshop
Description: News article with photos about the "Real Estate Brokers workshop" at the Paseo Y.W.C.A. held "under the auspices of the Urban League of Kansas City." The article provides photographs of several of the African American Kansas Citians speaking on various real estate issues at the workshop.
Date: 1951-05-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Becky Jaramillo Receives Heart of Gold Award
Description: Becky Jaramillo, Mamie Hughes, Bev Chapman and Angela Curry were the YWCA 2005 Heart of Gold Awardees for their contributions to the community.
Date: 2005-03-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Mrs. Lyle Willard
Description: Obituary for Mrs. Lyle Logan Willard, or Mrs. Lyle Willard, former president of the Young Women's Christian Association (Y. W. C. A.), dying at the age of 78 in 1968.
Date: 1968-05-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Alice Myers
Description: Obituary for Miss Alice Virginia Myers, or Alice Myers, former director of the Deramus Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association, dying in 1971.
Date: 1971-12-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Obituary for Mrs. J. W. Anderson
Description: Obituary for Mrs. J. W. Anderson, a swimming and life saving instructor with the Kansas City School District, the Red Cross, the Young Womens Christian Association, and private schools, dying on January 15, 1963.
Date: 1963-01-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: YWCA to Honor Five Area Women
Description: The 2003 Hearts of Gold will inaugurate the Greater Kanss City's Racial Justice Award. Five women, Corinthian Nutter, Linda M. Collier, Rita Valenciano, Jarene Stanford, and June Neal Key, will be the recipients. The YWCA has handed out more than 70 Hearts of Gold awards in the last 12 years.
Date: 2003-02-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article