Fifty Years Association Work Among Young Women 1866 1916

A remarkable account of fifty years of work by the Young Women's Association, written by Elizabeth Wilson and documenting the achievements and struggles of this organization. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Fifty Years of Association, Work Among Young Women 1866-1916: A History of Young Women's Christian Associations in the United States of America The purpose of this historical account is to show why and how Young Women's Christian Associations came into being and to indicate that the first half century is but the beginning of the movement. In order to represent the conditions which called out certain features, the language of old reports, circulars, addresses and correspondence has been freely used; while there has been a wealth of these original sources, in some instances it is undated, or annual and biennial reports have not stated the calendar month or year in which a measure was passed or new ventures undertaken. Some of the attempts to determine these dates through comparison of material will probably prove faulty. I wish to thank all the friends who have assisted in collecting and comparing data and who have described historic work in which they had a part. It has been impossible to mention as many individual Associations as might have been desired. Emphasis has been laid on the recognition of unusual needs and the invention of successful means of meeting them and upon the development of phases of work rather than upon the consecutive events in given localities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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