YWCA - Lucy Thurman Branch
- Identifier
- DBB-BUS-01133
- Name
- YWCA - Lucy Thurman Branch
- Type
- Organization or Club
- Activity
- community and social needs
- Description
- The Lucy Thurman branch YWCA served the African American community in Detroit. It was originally located at 2111 St. Aubin St. In 1933, a new building was dedicated at 569 E Elizabeth St.
- Affiliates
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Fowler, Madeline H.
Role: Officer (executive secretary)Gulley, Elizabeth (Miss)
Role: Other Leadership Role (member of the building committee)McKay (Mrs)
Role: Other Leadership Role (member of the building committee)Sanders, Luretta (Miss)
Role: Other Leadership Role (member of the building committee)Smith, Christine Schoecraft
Role: Officer (chair of the YWCA branch)Starks, Lena (Mrs)
Role: Other Leadership Role (member of the building committee)Whitby, Beulah (Mrs)
Role: Other Leadership Role (member of the building committee)Woodward, A. M. (Mrs)
Role: Officer (secretary of the building committee) - References
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Dan Austin, "Thurman YWCA Branch," HistoricDetroit.org, https://www.historicdetroit.org/buildings/thurman-y-w-c-a-branch.
- Documentation
- 1924 Colored Detroit, 15 (Y.W.C.A.)
- 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 11 (Young Women's Christian Association)
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1927 National Medical Association Program, 40 (LUCY THURMAN BRANCH—Y. W. C. A.)
- 1933-01-07 Chicago Defender, 2 (Lucy Thurman branch of the Detroit Y.W.C.A.)
- 1935 BTWTA Directory, 18, 47 (Lucy Thurman Branch of the Detroit Y. W. C. A.)
- 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 12 (Girl's Business and Industrial Club)
- 1935 BTWTA Directory, 18 (Cheatem, Kate H. Millinery Teacher)
- Title
- YWCA - Lucy Thurman Branch