These young Valley women will bow before the Cardinal
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes The Sisters of Social Service is a Roman Catholic group started in the early 1920's by Hungarian nuns who witnessed the difficult living conditions resulting from the political and economic upheaval of WWI. The group sought to help those in need through the use of social organizations and advocacy. In 1926, Sr. Frederica Horvath brought the Sisters of Social Service ministry to Los Angeles. The group served the community by providing retreats, settlement houses, community centers, and by providing a voice for the marginalized. In 1930, the Social Service Auxiliary was formed and the Juniors of the Social Service Auxiliary was formed in the early 1950's. Both groups gave women opportunities to aid the Sisters and the group's mission on the local neighborhood level through participation in community service and charitable organizations. Photograph article dated March 9, 1963 partially reads, "Four young Valley women will be among 28 young Southern California women to be presented to James Francis Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles, at the sixth annual Presentation Ball sponsored by the Social Service Auxiliary April 15 in the international Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. They are Margaret Susan Amerongen, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Karl Amerongen of North Hollywood; Mary Kathleen McGarry, daughter of the Patrick James McGarry Jrs. of Sherman Oaks; Marie Elaina Peetris, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Harry B. Peetris of Sherman Oaks, and Christina Elizabeth Von der Ahe, daughter of the Wilfred Von der Ahes of Studio City." Seen in the photograph are, Misses Peetris, seated; McGarry, left, Amerongen and Von der Ahe.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Sisters of Social Service Social Service Auxiliary Associations, institutions, etc.--California--San Fernando Valley Women--California--San Fernando Valley Staircases--California--San Fernando Valley Windows--California--San Fernando Valley Women's hats--California--San Fernando Valley Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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