Young Women Christian Association

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• Young Women's Christian Association — Young Women s Christian Association, = Y.W.C.A. (Cf. ↑Y) * * * Young Women’s Christian Association [Young Womens Christian Association] ; » ↑YWCA …   Useful english dictionary

• Young Women's Christian Association (disambiguation) — Young Women s Christian Association or YWCA or YWCA Building or Old YWCA Building or variations may refer to: World YWCA, the organization formerly known as Young Women s Christian Association or it may refer to: in Canada (by province, then… …   Wikipedia

• Young Women's Christian Association — Young Women s Christian Association, or variants thereof, can refer to:United StatesOn the National Register of Historic Places * Young Women s Christian Association (Pueblo, Colorado) * Young Women s Christian Association (Elkhart, Indiana) *… …   Wikipedia

• Young Women's Christian Association — ▪ Christian lay movement       nonsectarian Christian organization that aims “to advance the physical, social, intellectual, moral, and spiritual interests of young women.” The recreational, educational, and spiritual aspects of its program are… …   Universalium

• Young Women (organization) — Young Women Motto “Stand for Truth and Righteousness.” Formation 18 November 1869 Type Non profit Purpose/focus …   Wikipedia

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Young Men's Christian Association — An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams (knighted therefor by Queen Victoria) in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Young Women's Christian Association —   [ jʌȖ wɪmɪnz krɪstjən əsəʊsɪ eɪʃn], Abkürzung YWCA, 1855 in London der Young Men s Christian Association entsprechend gegründete internationale, ökumenisch ausgerichtete, in ihren Wurzeln aber wesentlich evangelisch geprägte Bewegung, die… …   Universal-Lexikon

• young women's christian association — (ywca) YWCA, American organization for Christian females …   English contemporary dictionary

• Young Women's Christian Association —    What would later became known as the Young Women s Christian Association (YWCA) began in the 1850s as a set of disconnected efforts in England and the United States to assist young unmarried women, especially working girls who had migrated… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

• Young Men's Christian Association —    The Young Men s Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in 1844 by George Williams (1821 1905), a young layman in London, England, in response to the conditions in which many workers his own age lived, either on the streets or in overcrowded… …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism