'Young Women's Christian Association' definitions:

Definition of 'Young Women's Christian Association'

From: GCIDE
  • Young Women's Christian Association \Young Women's Christian Association\ An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in
  • 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civilized countries, and esp. the United States, have local, national, and international organizations. See also the similar organizations {Young Men's Christian Association} and YMHA. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]