1. Winnifred Crane Wygal was an American theologian, writer, and YWCA national staff member from 1919 to 1944.
10 Facts About Winnifred Wygal
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Winnifred Wygal graduated from Drury College in 1906, and pursued further studies at Columbia University and the University of Chicago Divinity School; she completed a master's degree in history and economics in 1912.
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Winnifred Wygal studied with Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich at Union Theological Seminary.
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Winnifred Wygal worked for the YWCA from 1911 to 1944, and was a member of the YWCA's national professional staff from 1918, when she joined the War Work Council.
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Winnifred Wygal was national executive of the YWCA's Student Council from 1922 to 1935.
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Winnifred Wygal toured as a lecturer and community organizer in her retirement, and chaired the editorial board of The Intercollegian, the national magazine of the YWCA's Student Council.
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Winnifred Wygal traveled across the United States and internationally in her work.
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Winnifred Wygal met Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore in India, and was a delegate to the World Student Federation Conference in Mysore, during a year of sabbatical travels in 1927 and 1928.
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Winnifred Wygal had romantic relationships with women, including her travel companion Ruth Fertig, and a longterm but not exclusive connection with Frances Perry.
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Winnifred Wygal died in 1972, at the age of 87, at her home in New York City.