Julia Morgan was an American architect and engineer. She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career.
Morgan was the first woman to be admitted to the architecture program at l’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first woman architect licensed in California.
The 100+ year old YWCA of the Harbor Area is a non-profit organization backed by a rich history of advocacy, with every program and activity based upon the mission “Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women”.
The original complex is at 437 W. 9th St in San Pedro, CA, where the Morgan House resides alongside a two story dorm style building. The Morgan House property was purchased and built in 1918 for approximately $4,000.00 and the now dilapidated two story dorm was built in 1958.
The YWCA began as a community center and over the years has developed into a space where there are formal activities, dances, and a variety of much needed community serving programs. It has served as support to a domestic violence agency to help women and their children when there was nowhere else safe to go.
Today we are an organization that works to fight discrimination by helping women and girls through programs that empower women and eliminate racism. While the programs have changed and evolved over the last 30+ years our mission has remained the same. In recent years new and fine-tuned direct need programs were developed with a focus of sustainability, which is resulting in a direct, positive community impact.
