YWCA
Americanabbreviation
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These might include swimming lessons at the YWCA, art classes or various scheduled play groups.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023
She was instrumental in establishing Seattle’s Phillis Wheatley Branch of the YWCA, which was then one of only a few public meeting spaces for people of color.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023
They met back where it all began for her: at the Germantown YWCA.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2022
Black Power activists came, along with women from the YWCA.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2020
In the concessions area at Ellis Island, Lefty had cajoled Desdemona to step into a tent run by the YWCA.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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