Box 1, Folder 4, Document 37

Box 1, Folder 4, Document 37

July _/0 5 1969

.TO: The Honorable Mayer and the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Atlanta:

Re: Concerned Young Women Citizens
of the City 6f Atlanta

We wish to call to your attention that there are more than 40,000
young girls in the City of Atlanta who do not have a decent place
to staye
WHO ARE THESE GIRLS?

They are our girls ranging from 18 to 26 years of age

WHAT BO THEY DO?















They work in hospitals, go to school, work for the telephone company,
do secretarial work, work in laundries, factories, banks, grocery

stores, restaurants and various department stores; and they are cooks
and maids in private homes.



When a girl comes into town or gets to be 18 years old she wants to
feel. as though she is able to take care of herself. She wants a decent
place to stay of her own choosing in a community like any other ocirl.
These girls do not have the money to rent an apartment and furnish it.
If they are lucky enough to get a job paying $50.00 to $75.00 a week,
by the time sgcial security and withholding taxes are taken out, they
hardly have anything left.

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These are our girls; they are the mothers and wives of tomorrow, They
are a part of us and our community.










HAVE THEY BEEN PROVIDED FOR? | NO 2



CAN THE Y.W.C.A. AND CONCERNED
CITIZENS DO IT ALL? NO?

"WE NEED YOUR HELP



These girls get together and rent a home together. They cook together, °
They sleep in separate beds as a family. They share theix common
problems. They enjoy one another's company because they are young 4
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HOW IS THIS DONE?

There are a few men and women in this town who
have bought some decent houses in decent neighborhoods and have
provided these facilities and advantages:









First, decent neighborhoods. No house notes for them to pay; no
light bills, no gas bills, no telephone bills, no water bills, no
furniture to buy or pay for, no stove or refrigerator to buy or pay
fore The houses are completely furnished, and all bills are paid byh
the owner or agent when the house is rented.









There are @pproximately 10 to 12 girls in a twelve room house. They
pool their resources to pay their rent. Out of their $50.to $60,090
weekly check, they can save a little, eat and live decently. It has





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been proven over the years that these girls can live together
cheaper than any other way.

No men can stay where the girls live. We have inspected some of
the places where these girls live. We at the Y,. W. C. Ae and
Concerned Citizens recommend the ones that we have inspected and
seen. No one will try to take advantage of these girls because
there are number of them living together as a family. They do not
wish to live in commercial or apartment sections. They want to
live together as a family in a decent rieighborhood.

The purpose of this communication is to ask The Honorable Mayor
and Board of Aldermen to stand up for these girls to live together
with supervision in a family manner in a decent neighborhood. We
do not think the houses where these girls stay should be tagged as
rooming or boarding houses.

These girls are concerned. They wish to be left alone, and they
wish to be good citizens. There is a true report that there is
someone from SOMEWHERE going around checking with these girls in
some houses and checking with neighbors about these girls who live
together as a family.

We hope and pray that the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen will
see fit to lend a helping hand to these innocent girls in order that
they may be left alone and not harrassed by some "crackpot",

IF THESE GIRLS HAVE TO MOVE, WHERE WILL THEY GO?

We need your kind understanding and helps














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