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New York, 1918. "Ann Fulton Club." Question of the Day: Who was Ann Fulton? 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. View full size.
An article in the Feb. 23, 1918 Brooklyn Eagle describes the creation of the Ann Fulton House by the War Work Council of the YWCA at 115 Fulton in Manhattan, a clubhouse formed for the women who were working in Wall Street because of the war.
The article quotes an insurance company manager who said he had 125 women working for him as opposed to 12 a year earlier.
http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57092638/?terms=115%2Bfulton
It's interesting to see that while some of the ladies' shoes are 'standard' high-button models, the woman in the center is in pumps - but provided with spats for the purpose. I detect dress standards & proper decorum being observed. Ankles!
The Times uses it here (1904) in its hyphenated form.
founder of a charity club for homely, ill-dressed girls & boys?
The building at 115 Fulton Street that once housed the Ann Fulton YWCA is long gone, the site being occupied by a 7-story office and retail building dating to the early 1960s.
Perhaps Ann Fulton is not a person but an area - referring to three blocks in New York's financial district, east of Broadway, that are bounded on the north by Ann Street and on the south by Fulton Street. The address of the YWCA (115 Fulton) would be on one such block.
There is a surprising lack of online information concerning Ms. Fulton, but as far as I can tell, Ann Fulton was a founding member of the Longwood Progressive Meeting of Friends, a Quaker abolitionist group founded and active in Chester County, PA, that may have been an important part of the Underground Railroad. There may be more to the story but that was all I could find.
I found this poster for the Ann Fulton YWCA that may be helpful.
I think the man in the hallway wants to cut in!
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