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YWCA Postwar in PortlandEveryday life extends to suburbia...1945 - 1965 | |
| In post-war years, as young families were seeking security and normalcy after the chaos inflicted by the war, people sought neighborhood and community in suburbia. The YWCA in the Portland metro area followed the trend and focused its attention toward this movement. | |
The photo to the right shows two women at a Marcabus club social. Clearly, feminine domesticity, material success, and cultural sophistication were the prevailing values of white women in the Marcabus club as well as those of the Y-Wives clubs. The Y-Wives clubs expanded rapidly in the 1950s. | |
Suburbanization itself was becoming a desired way of life. In order to reach the most women possible and to keep a large base of members, the YWCA extended this particular program to new areas such as: Beaverton, St. Johns and East Multnomah county. The women in Portland's chapter of the YWCA sought to inform and further broaden their fellow citizens for a more positive world view. They fostered relations to help prevent another world war. The women in this organization, fancied themselves as brokers for peace on the International Scene. |
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