The Margaret Louisa Home of the Young Women's Christian Association of the City of New York 14 and 16 East 16th Street

[New York]: 1897. Small octavo, 32pp, printed wrappers, string bound. History and description of the Margaret Louisa Home, founded in 1889 with funds donated by Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Sheperd, the daughter of William Vanderbilt, to provide affordable, respectable housing to single women seeking to succeed in a city suddenly offering them opportunities to work as stenographers, clerks, and teachers. The six story facility had 78 sleeping rooms, a restaurant, and common areas where the women could socialize and relax. An attractive copy, string binding torn. Item #5552

Price: $200.00