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Don’t forget: The TMH Ice Cream Social is on Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.! 🍦

Help us welcome summer and the influx of new TMH residents with an afternoon of sweet treats and even sweeter company. 👯‍♀️

For those who are new to TMH and want to learn a bit more about this special place, we will also have a brief history tour led by our Executive Director, Jennifer Sharp, at 3:15.

This is a free event, but please RSVP at the link in our bio by June 4th.

We hope that you’ll join us for this popular annual event! ❤

🍦 You’re invited! Our annual Ice Cream Social is less than a month away! 🍦

Join fellow TMH residents, alumni, and friends for an afternoon of sweet treats, good conversation, and lawn games. Details below:

📆 Sunday, June 7th, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

🔗 RSVP by June 4th at the link in our bio.

☀ The TMH garden has plenty of shade to keep everyone cool, making it the perfect setting for our event!

We hope to see you there! ❤

💜Happy Women’s History Month! 💜

As we celebrate this important month, we want to take a moment to share a bit more about one of the incredible, trailblazing women whose generosity made TMH the organization it is today.

💜 A native Washingtonian, Flora Markward Thompson was born in 1860 into a modest, middle-class family. She began working as a teenager to support herself and her mother after her father’s premature death. At that time, women were limited to only certain jobs, and they were often offered low wages with poor working conditions.

💜 In 1896, at the age of 36, Flora married prominent Washingtonian and financier John W. Thompson. Because she understood the difficulties of being a young, working woman at that time, Flora was deeply sympathetic to other women in similar situations and joined the Young Woman’s Christian Home (YWCH) Board of Trustees, guiding the organization to what it is today.

💜 Flora passed away in 1931 as we were constructing our current residence. She left behind $250,000 in her will, the equivalent of more than $5 million today, and asked that a memorial be built in her mother’s and husband’s memory. With her gift, we built the south wing, effectively doubling the size of our home.

💜 To show our gratitude, the front of our building is engraved with “Thompson-Markward Memorial,” and in 1968, the YWCH was renamed Thompson-Markward Hall.

💜 We are eternally grateful for Mrs. Thompson and all the other incredible women who have made their mark on this organization. It is because of them that we can be a “home away from home” for hundreds of women each year.