Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) on Rhode Island Avenue, July 1943

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Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) on Rhode Island Avenue, July 1943

Smith, Roger, photographer. Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune at Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Young Women's Christian Association on Rhode Island Avenue. July, 1943. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/owi2001033480/PP/. (Accessed October 03, 2016.)

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The oldest “Y” in DC, the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) was established in 1905 by African American women and named after Phyllis Wheatley, an enslaved woman and famous poet in 19th century America. The YWCA moved…