Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association
Organization
Administrative History
The Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association (YWMIA) was a youth organization for young women associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Previously known as the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, it was renamed in 1934. In 1972 the organization merged with the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association to form the Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women.
Citation:
YWMIA sports-camp manual, 1961: t.p. (Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association)Wikipedia, Mar. 3, 2011 (Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association; youth organization for young women; auxiliary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; est. 1869 as the Young Ladies' Department of the Cooperative Retrenchment Association; renamed as the Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association in 1871; renamed Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association (abbreviated YLNMIA) in 1877; renamed as Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association (abbreviated YLMIA) in 1904; renamed as Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association (YWMIA) in 1934; merged with Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association to form Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women in 1972; split to form Young Women and Young Men organizations in 1974)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Joan Peart scrapbook
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7916
Scope and Contents
Contains scrapbook containing work that Joan Peart completed as a Beehive. The items document her activities such as tending children, cleaning up after herself, and other homemaking skills. The materials date from between 1939 and 1940.
Dates:
1939-1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Joan Peart scrapbook