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Elaine Mitchell and another woman are walking along side posters encouraging people to join the YWCA in Eastridge Mall. They are carrying signs to be added to the posters which read "Join [th]e Y.W.C.A. and "Young Women [illegible] to Action." The posters were designed to promote the YWCA's multiculturalism and woman's rights. "A poster display at Eastridge mall in 1970 promoted the YWCA's commitment to multiculturalism and woman's rights." From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground: The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley, 1905-2005, " (2005), p.94. 1970 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
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