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The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded on 6 June 1844, by George Williams and eleven friends. [4] Williams was a London draper who was typical of the young men drawn to the cities by the Industrial Revolution.
He was influenced by the London YMCA and saw the association as an opportunity to provide a "home away from home" for young sailors on shore leave. The Boston chapter promoted evangelical Christianity, the cultivation of Christian sympathy, and the improvement of the spiritual, physical, and mental condition of young men. By 1853, the Boston ...
The name, Young Men's Christian Association , was settled on at the suggestion of Christopher W Smith, a fellow draper at Hitchcock & Rogers. It promoted Muscular Christianity. One of the earliest converts and contributors to the new association was George's employer, George Hitchcock, who was the organisation's first treasurer.
Taken at face value, the song's lyrics extol the virtues of the Young Men's Christian Association . However, according to some in the gay culture, the song was implicitly understood as celebrating YMCA's reputation as a popular cruising and hookup spot, particularly for the younger men to whom it was addressed. [16]
1882 Boston YMCA building. The YMCA of Greater Boston, founded in 1851, was the first YMCA in the United States. The organization began as a modest Evangelical association, and by the late nineteenth century, had become a major social service organization dedicated to improving the lives of young men.
The YMCA – whose full name is the Young Men’s Christian Association – was originally set up as a non-political Christian movement in London in 1844. Commonly referred to as “the Y,” it ...
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland, and the nonprofit is headquartered in Washington, DC.
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