1855 First YWCA founded in England as nurses return from the Crimean War and women flock to the cities from the farms.

1958 First Association in the United States -"Ladies' Christian Association," forms in New York City.

1860 Twenty-one students, teachers and needle women occupy the first YWCA residence in New York City.

1964 The first day care center in the United States is organized by Philadelphia.

1892 Clubs for girls are organized for the first time on an Indian reservation.

1895 The World YWCA is founded.

1913 The National Board, YWCA, creates a commission on Sex Education.

1915 The first interracial conference ever held in the south is convened by the Louisiana YWCA.

1919 The YWCA convenes and finances the first International Conference of Women Physicians.

1919 Delegates representing 30,000 YWCA industrial members urge passage of an eight-hour law, prohibition of night work, and the right of labor to organize.

1942 The YWCA extends its services and personnel to Japanese women and girls in 10 Relocation Centers.

1946 The YWCA convention adopts the Interracial Charter, eight years before the Supreme Court decision on desegregation.

1957 Student YWCA and YMCAs sponsor their first USSR Exchange Project.

1960 In support of student YWCAs involved in "sit-in" demonstrations, the National Board sends statements and collects funds for those needing bail.

1960 The first desegregated public dining facility in Atlanta opens at the YWCA.

1970 Convention adopts the ONE IMPERATIVE: To Eliminate Racism Wherever It Exists and By Any Means Necessary.

1983 The YWCA of the USA opens the Leadership Development Center in Phoenix.

1990 The Racial Justice Convocation meets in Phoenix to plan strategies to combat racism.

1999 Open Space

2000 Special Convention

2001 Convention