What is "young women's christian association"

Young Women's Christian Association \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 combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civilized countries, and esp. the United States, have local, national, and international organizations. See also the similar organizations Young Men's Christian Association and YMHA.

Young Women's Christian Association, also known as the Elkhart Y.W.C.A. and Lexington House, is a historic YWCA located at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. It was built in 1919, and is a three-story, brick building on a raised basement and Bungalow / American Craftsman style design elements. It measures approximately 40 feet wide and 150 feet deep. It has a flat roof and arched openings on the first floor.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is located in the Elkhart Downtown Commercial Historic District.

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 city)

• YWCA of Calgary, Alberta

in the United States (by state, then city)

• YWCA USA
• Oakland YWCA Building, Oakland, California, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Alameda County, California
• YWCA Building (Fresno, California), listed on the NRHP in Fresno County, California
• Old YWCA Building (Riverside, California), listed on the NRHP in Riverside County, California
• YWCA Building (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Young Women's Christian Association (Pueblo, Colorado), listed on the NRHP in Pueblo County, Colorado
• Young Women's Christian Association Complex, Athens, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County, Georgia
• YWCA Building (Honolulu, Hawaii), a building in Downtown Honolulu
• YWCA Building (Peoria, Illinois), listed on the NRHP in Peoria County, Illinois
• Young Women's Christian Association (Elkhart, Indiana), listed on the NRHP in Elkhart County, Indiana
• YWCA (5th St., Evansville, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Vanderburgh County, Indiana
• YWCA (Vine St., Evansville, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Vanderburgh County, Indiana
• YWCA (Muncie, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Indiana
• YWCA Blue Triangle Residence Hall, Indianapolis, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Center Township, Marion County, Indiana
• Keokuk Young Women's Christian Association Building, Keokuk, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Lee County, Iowa
• Ottumwa Young Women's Christian Association, Ottumwa, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Wapello County, Iowa
• Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building, Baltimore, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Baltimore, Maryland
• YWCA Boston building (Clarendon Street), listed on the NRHP in Boston, Massachusetts
• YWCA of Duluth, listed on the NRHP in St. Louis County, Minnesota
• YWCA, Phillis Wheatley Branch, listed on the NRHP in St. Louis, Missouri
• Young Women's Christian Association (Independent), Helena, Montana, listed on the NRHP in Lewis and Clark County, Montana
• Lincoln YWCA Building, Lincoln, Nebraska, listed on the NRHP in Lancaster County, Nebraska
• Young Women's Christian Association of Plainfield and North Plainfield, Plainfield, New Jersey, listed on the NRHP in Union County, New Jersey
• Young Women's Christian Association (Akron, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Akron, Ohio
• Young Women's Christian Association of Cincinnati, listed on the NRHP in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Griswold Memorial Young Women's Christian Association, Columbus, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Columbus, Ohio
• YWCA Youngstown, Youngstown, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Mahoning County, Ohio
• Zanesville YWCA, Zanesville, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Muskingum County, Ohio
• Kensington Branch of the Philadelphia YWCA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• YWCA Site, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, listed on the NRHP in Washington County, Rhode Island
• Young Women's Christian Association Building (Nashville, Tennessee), listed on the NRHP in Davidson County, Tennessee
• Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, Fort Worth, Texas, also known as YWCA of Fort Worth
• Young Women's Christian Association (Richmond, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Richmond, Virginia
• Young Women's Christian Association (Bellingham, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Whatcom County, Washington
• YWCA Building (Seattle), Seattle, Washington, listed on the NRHP in King County, Washington
• Young Women's Christian Association Building (Yakima, Washington), Yakima, Washington listed on the NRHP in Yakima County, Washington
• Phillis Wheatley YWCA, listed on the NRHP in Northwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C.

The Young Women's Christian Association is a historic YWCA building in Pueblo, Colorado.

Young Women's Christian Association is a historic YWCA building in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1913-1914, and is a three-story, five bay, brick and stone Renaissance Revival style building. The two-story rear block contains the gymnasium. The building features an elaborately designed entry portico with a curved exterior staircase.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.