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:
Wesley C. Carter scrapbooks
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9162
Scope and Contents
Contains scrapbooks from Wesley Carol Carter pertaining to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints building mission program in the southeast area of the United States and histories of the YWMIA. Scrapbooks include photographs and brief histories of church building missionaries called to serve in the southeast area, as well as newspaper and church publications pertaining to church building projects in which Wesley Carol Carter was involved. Scrapbooks also include photographs of the...
Dates:
1963-1972