On this day in London, England, George Williams founded the Young Men’s Christian Association, more commonly known as the YMCA and in some places simply as ‘The Y’. Williams was a London draper who was typical of the young men drawn to the cities by the Industrial Revolution. Concerned about the lack of healthy activities for young men in major cities, where the options available were usually just taverns and brothels, William’s expressed purpose was “the improving of the spiritual condition of young men engaged in the drapery, embroidery, and other trades.” The idea of creating a truly global movement with an international headquarters was led by Henry Dunant, Secretary of YMCA Geneva, who would later go on to found the International Committee of the Red Cross and win the first Nobel Peace Prize.
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