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Inez Jackson and another woman

Unknown

1980s

English

Photograph shows two women standing together at the YWCA's annual meeting. The woman on the right may be Inez Jackson. There are other women behind them who are walking along a food table and there are yellow balloons and historical pictures on the wall in the background.

Image/jpg

3.5 x 5 in.

Photographic Prints

African American women

Eating & drinking
Leadership
Meetings
Women

African American women
Young Women's Christian Association

California

YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection

San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives

Series III, Box 13, Folders 385-386

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Series III, Box 13, Folders 385-386

Typed on label on orange backing paper: "Annual Meeting." "Inez Jackson, the first African American president of the YWCA in San Jose, was a strong leader with a soft voice who fought passionately for racial justice." From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground:The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley, 1905-2005," (2005), p. 78.

Scanned with Epson Perfection V700 photo; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3