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Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story

Educational comic book published by the Fellowship of Reconciliationfollowing the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The comic book advocates for…
Care for Her Through the YWCA: For Every Fighter a Woman Worker

World War I poster created by Adolph Treidler to publicize the YWCA's participation in the United War Work Campaign, November 11 - 18, 1918.The United…
Annual Report of the Refuge in the City of Boston and the Bethesda Society, 1912 [selected pages]

This document details information regarding the Refuge's and the Bethesda Society’s yearly financial expenses, donations, and membership, while also…