• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE6513

Young Women’s Christian Association of Tasmania

(From 1885 – 2000)
  • Occupation Women's organisation

Summary

The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) became active in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1885 and by 1888 the movement had spread to Launceston.

During the 1930s, the Hobart branch of the YWCA dis-affiliated itself from the national movement.

Archival resources

  • Archives Office of Tasmania
    • Annual Reports, News Sheets, Correspondence

Related entries


  • Affiliated
    • National Council of Women of Tasmania (1899 - )
    • YWCA of Australia
  • Member
    • Waterworth, Edith Alice (1873 - 1957)
  • Related Women
    • McIntyre, Margaret Edgeworth (1886 - 1948)