Eolyn Carolyn Klugh Guy (born about 1901 – died October 9, 1963) was an African-American social worker, active with the YWCA.
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| Born | Eolyn Carolyn Klugh c. 1901 |
| Died | October 9, 1963 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | social worker |
| Known for | settlement house and YWCA work |
Early life edit
Eolyn Carolyn Klugh was raised in New Haven, Connecticut and Boston, the daughter of David Simpson Klugh and Adella Plyman Klugh. Her father was a prominent Baptist clergyman in Boston;[1] her mother was an alumna of Spelman Seminary and active in churchwomen's organizations.[2] She attended Spelman Seminary and earned a bachelor's degree at Radcliffe College in 1922.[3] She received a master's degree from Simmons College in 1928.[4][5]
Career edit
As a young woman, Klugh lived and worked at the Robert Gould Shaw House, a settlement house in Boston's South End.[6] She attended the national meeting of the YWCA in 1924, as Girl Reserve and industrial secretary of the St. Aubin Branch of the YWCA in Detroit.[7][8] In 1930 she attended the National Conference of Social Work in 1930, when it met in Boston.[9][10]
She published her research as "Colored Girls at Work in Boston" (1928) in Opportunity, the magazine of the National Urban League.[11][12] She spoke at Wellesley College in 1932 on "Extra-Curricular Activities for the Negro".[13] In 1946 Eolyn Guy was named program director of the 12th Avenue Center YWCA in Tucson, Arizona.[14][15] She also served on the board of the YWCA in Tucson.[16][17][18]
Personal life edit
Eolyn Klugh was a bridesmaid at the wedding of poet and social worker Clarissa Scott Delany in 1926, and attended her funeral the following year.[19] Eolyn Klugh married Harry Maurice Guy in 1932. They had a son, Harry Maurice Guy Jr. Eolyn Klugh Guy died in 1963.[20] Her papers are archived in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.[21]
References edit
- ^ "Prominent Negro is Dead" The Index-Journal (January 20, 1935): 5. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Succumbs" The Pittsburgh Courier (October 20, 1928): 13. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Colored Students and Graduates of 1923" The Crisis (July 1923): 111.
- ^ "Two Family Photograph Albums of prominent Boston African American Woman, Eolyn Klugh Guy, 1910–1933 (Sold)" Ian Brabner, Rare Americana.
- ^ Simmons College, "Graduates" Microcosm (1928): 153. via Internet Archive
- ^ "Robert Gould Shaw House, Fortieth Anniversary 1908-1948" brochure.
- ^ "St. Aubin Branch YWCA" The Chicago Defender (May 3, 1924): A8. via ProQuest
- ^ "Motor City Society" The Pittsburgh Courier (September 17, 1927): 12. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "5000 Social Workers Attend Confab" The Pittsburgh Courier (June 21, 1930): 8. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "5,000 Delegates at Social Workers Meet" The Chicago Defender (June 21, 1930): 2. via ProQuest
- ^ Eolyn C. Klugh, "Colored Girls at Work in Boston" Opportunity (October 1928): 295-299.
- ^ Mark Schneider, "The Boston NAACP and the Decline of the Abolitionist Impulse" Massachusetts Historical Review 1(1999): 99.
- ^ Wellesley College, "Addresses", Report of the President (1933): 76. via Internet Archive
- ^ "YWCA Has Board Meeting" Tucson Daily Citizen (May 21, 1946): 3. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Four Agencies Get Increases" Tucson Daily Citizen (June 11, 1947): 2. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Toki Schalk Johnson, "Toki Types" The Pittsburgh Courier (November 13, 1948): 8. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "YWCA Board Hears Reports" Tucson Daily Citizen (May 21, 1947): 9. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Regional YW Meets Tuesday" Tucson Daily Citizen (October 7, 1946): 11. via NewspaperArchive.com
- ^ "Mrs. Scott Delaney Buried Thursday" Baltimore Afro American (October 15, 1927): 2. via NewspaperArchive.com
- ^ "Eolyn K. Guy" Tucson Daily Citizen (October 15, 1963): 21. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Eolyn C. Guy family papers (circa 1930-1948), The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
