Working Women Gain YWCA Lunch Room and Classes
The YWCA opens a lunch room at 718 Third Street, offering a gathering space and support services for women workers.
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The formal opening of the rooms of the Young Women's Christian Association at 718 Third street occurred yesterday, highlighted by the addition of a new lunch room. Decorated with plants and flowers, the lunch room is designed to provide working women with a space to eat and gather. The YWCA intends to offer classes in physical culture, languages, penmanship, dressmaking, and cooking. An employment bureau will also be operated for free as part of their service to the community. Mrs. D. D. Harger, the local secretary, is in charge of the facility.
“The object of the lunch room is to afford quarters in which women who work in town and bring their lunches can eat and find a cup of coffee.”
Early YWCA efforts to provide communal dining and employment services for women in downtown Seattle reflect the challenges of independent living and economic support for the city's female workforce at the turn of the century.
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