- Young Women's Christian Association
- An organization of national and international scope for the improvement and betterment of women and girls, particularly in their formative years.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Young Women's Christian Association
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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
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