The Archive · 1938

Social Affairs

Y.W.C.A. Secretary. Tells Of Her World Experiences; Geneva Committee The Joint Committee of Shanghai Women's Organizations held its November meeting on Wednesday last at the home of Mrs N F. Allman, 71

Amherst Avenue, when the American Association of University Women and the American Women's Club were the hostesses.

Miss Woodsmall, the General Secretary of the World Y.W.C.A., was the speaker for the afternoon. Miss Woodsmall listened with interest to the committee's routine reports and said they evoked memories of her life in Constantinople between the years 1919 and 1928, a period marked by the Russian refugee problem when here were as many as 135,000 in that which is now called Istambui. The Inte: national Women's Club w: he focal point for civic effort and proved the value of women in helping to improve living conditions.—The efforts of the Joint Committee also!

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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