YWCA NH in Partnership with Millyard Museum Proudly Presents
100+ Years of Social Justice and Action in The Queen City

Millyard Museum
200 Bedford Street
Manchester, NH 03101


Thanks to our sponsors LaBelle Winery and Amoskeag Beverages in partnership with Millyard Museum.


YWCA NH Timeline
Our mission-driven impact on the community for more than 100 years!
Founding year 1920
YWCA NH Founded
In the spring of 1920, one hundred working women met with other community women to discuss the possible organization of a YWCA and by September of that same year, the Manchester YWCA was born. The early focus behind its new existence was to provide housing, recreation, adult education and to help young, working women that came to work in the factories.

Parlor, 72 Concord St.

Basketball 1920
1928
Annette Perkins & Cornerstone
Original Executive Director for YWCA New Hampshire can be seen placing items into the time capsule in our current YWCA NH building. The cornerstone can be seen on the corner of Chestnut and Concord St.

Annette Perkins

Cornerstone
1920’s
Camp Watanahit
1920s Camp Watanahit on the shore of Lake Baboosick, a misspelling of the Abnaki word Papoosuck meaning twins, was the mainstay site of our girl’s camp featured in the photographs here.


Camp Watanahit
1940’s
YWCA NH Classes
YWCA New Hampshire Programming.

YWCA NH Classroom
1955
Centennial Open House



YWCA NH – 72 Concord St.
1960’s
YWCA NH Classes & Celebrations

Gym Class

Celebration

Baton Class
1975
Cheyne Foreman
YWCA Executive Director

Cheyne Foreman
1980’s
YWCA NH News and Activities

Periodical

Day Camp

Summer Activities
1990’s
Summer Activities

Camp

At the beach
2000’s
Heroes for Justice Award

2009 Award Presentation
2010’s
SHNU CFNA
YWCA NH entered into a partnership with Southern NH University for the SNHU Center for New Americans in 2017

SNHU Center for New Americans
2020’s
24/7 crisis services continued
during shutdown
