"Any lady who is in good standing with an evangelical church may become an active member by paying one dollar annually in advance." So decided the good Manhattan ladies who in 1858 founded the Ladies' Christian Association, forerunner of the Young Women's Christian Association. Last week the World Council of the Y. W. C. A. elected as its general secretary an able woman who, whatever her standing in church, is far from evangelical. Interviewed after learning of her election, General Secretary Ruth F. Woodsmall spoke proudly of the Mohammedans and Buddhists who...
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