A Brief Timeline of Young Women History

President Brigham Young calls upon the women of the Church to reform from extravagance and to live more simply.

Considered by many to be the date when Brigham Young held a meeting with his daughters in the parlor of the Lion House to ask them to lead in a retrenchment from the things of the world. He asked them to gain living testimonies and to dress and act with a modest demeanor.

The first Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Association is formally organized. The young ladies resolve to set an example of modesty and of gospel living worthy of imitation.

The name of the organization is officially changed to the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association.

The first General President of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association, Elmina S. Taylor, is called by President John Taylor.