Issei Women's Building
The Japanese YWCA Building is a historic structure in Japantown, San Francisco, Japantown, San Francisco, California. Originally constructed for the a Japanese Americans, Japanese American chapter of the YWCA USA, Young Women's Christian Association, the site later played an important role in the civil rights and LGBTQ rights movements. Prominent architect Julia Morgan designed the Japanese-inspired building in 1932. Over its history, it also became known as the Issei Women’s Building, San Francisco Friends Center, Western Addition YWCA, and Nihonmachi Little Friends. History Japanese YWCA The Japanese YWCA began in 1912 to serve first-generation Japanese immigrants, or Issei. At the beginning of the twentieth century, men vastly outnumbered women in the Japanese community. But in 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt established a Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907, Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan that sharply curtailed male migration. However, that agreement also allowed the re ...
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San Francisco, California
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ...
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