OD MILOSRDENSTVA PO OBRODNÉ HNUTIE MLADÝCH ŽIEN YWCA. FORMY SOCIÁLNEJ ANGAŽOVANOSTI ŽENSKÝCH SPOLKOV V 19. A 20. STOROČÍ

• Authors: Mannová Elena

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From mercy to Young Women´s Revival Movement YWCA. Forms of social involvement of women´s voluntary associations in the 19th and 20th centuries

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The position of women in society changed after WWI and in the democratic conditions of the First Czechoslovak Republic, but the stereotypical perception of femininity in connection with “maternal” care persisted, and the practical activities of women´s charitable and self-help associations in many respects continued along traditional lines. The case studies of two support associations show the dimensions of women´s social work, their relationship to the public and to women´s emancipation. The Association of Women of Retired Soldiers in Pressburg/Bratislava (1882–1943) represented a type of local self-help organisation. The Young Women´s Christian Association YWCA is a transnational modern philanthropic organization with extensive programs in social welfare, moral training, education, and physical education. It was officially registered as an independent voluntary association in 1922 under the name of the Young Women´s Revival Movement YWCA in Czechoslovakia. The branch in Bratislava (1922–1951) operated the largest women´s boarding school in Slovakia. The association was supported by the representatives of the Czechoslovak state, but was considered “too American” by the public. At the same time, it exhibited both emancipatory and gender-traditional tendencies. Very different types of women´s support societies operated side by side. Some stuck to traditional charity and self-help. Others were inspired by modern approaches to social work abroad. In all of them, however, women – in addition to participating in other associations alongside men – created a distinct associational culture and trained democratic practices.

Keywords

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WOMEN´S SUPPORT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS; CHARITY; VETERANS; YWCA; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 73
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 269 - 294

Contributors

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Mannová Elena

• Historický ústav SAV, v. v. i., Klemensova 2522/19, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1888-8293

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2025.73.2.3