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Built in 1914 as a YWCA, the stately brick building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

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

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