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Empowering women and girls and eliminating racism - it's what we are about and what we intend to do

The YWCA Duluth has been built on a legacy of bold, visionary, cutting edge leadership. We have been working for 116 years to empower women and girls and eliminate racism.   Our work is far from done.

Through the years the leadership and the programs at the YWCA in Duluth have been designed to meet the changing needs of the community.  In 1893 when the YWCA was organized in Duluth, women were coming to Duluth from farms and the Iron Range looking for work.  Women in Duluth were concerned about the safety of these young women. In response, they decided to build a facility that would provide this.  The original YWCA building opened in 1908 and it provided young women with housing, job skills training and a cafeteria.

Women’s safety, housing and jobs that pay a living wage are still issues that the YWCA is involved in 116 years later.  Providing child care and after school youth programs are additional ways in which the YWCA currently supports working families and provides opportunities for economic advancement for women.

The YWCA Duluth is here for the long haul. We believe, like the founding mothers did 116 years ago, that we can change history.   We will continue to speak out.  We will continue to provide quality programs.  We will be a catalyst for change.