Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Association formed among Brigham Young’s daughters.

Junius F. Wells, commissioned by Brigham Young, organized first Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association (YMMIA).

Young ladies’ associations began adopting the name Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA).

General presidencies established for each women’s organization; Elmina Shepard Taylor appointed first general president of YLMIA.

First issue of Young Woman’s Journal published.

First formal curriculum for YLMIA published: Guide to the First Year’s Course of Study.

First conjoint annual conference (later known as June Conference) of YLMIA and YMMIA held.

YLMIA subdivided into Senior and Junior classes.

History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association by Susa Young Gates published.

First YLMIA summer camp held: Salt Lake City Liberty Stake young women camped near Murray, Utah.

MIAs’ growing recreation emphasis reflected in contests in storytelling, oratory, choral music, and athletics at annual June Conference.

Bee-Hive Girls program established as a summer program for all YLMIA members, regardless of age.

MIAs adopted gold and green as organizations’ official colors.

First Presidency defined purpose and function of auxiliaries; MIAs designated chief recreational agencies of the church.

First YLMIA handbook published.

First Recreation Bulletin, a joint bulletin with YMMIA, published.

Bee-Hive Girls program established in Swiss-German Mission; Bee-Hive manual published in German.

Gold and Green Balls and road shows added to official MIA calendar.

Young Woman’s Journal merged with Improvement Era.

Various youth events held to honor the church’s centennial.

Treasures of Truth project established.

Organization name changed to Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association (YWMIA). Age of entry set at twelve.

Ruth May Fox became first Young Women general president to visit church members outside United States, touring Europe and England.

First camp manual, Camp-O-Rama, published.

June Conference and stake conventions canceled due to wartime conditions; June Conference next held in 1946.

Enrollment in YWMIA made automatic for all young women in the church age twelve and above.

How Near to the Angels, a YWMIA-commissioned film, released.

Era of Youth section added to Improvement Era.

Churchwide youth fireside featuring David O. McKay launched series of thirteen firesides transmitted to stakes around the world.

Harold B. Lee announced All-Church Coordinating Council, commencing the modern correlation movement.

Campcrafter program introduced with camp certification requirements.

For the Strength of Youth booklet published, outlining standards for Latter-day Saint youth.

Bishop’s youth council established; bishops directed to appoint young women to class presidencies.

New Era magazine for youth began publication along with two other correlated church magazines for adults and children.

All-church sports and athletic tournaments and churchwide dance festivals discontinued.

Youth organizations reorganized into Aaronic Priesthood Mutual Improvement Association (APMIA) for youth ages twelve to eighteen and Melchizedek Priesthood Mutual Interest Association (MPMIA) for those over age eighteen. Ruth Hardy Funk appointed president of APMIA Young Women.

The name MIA discontinued; organizations renamed Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood.

Behold Thy Handmaiden booklet introduced, offering suggested activities in six areas of focus and replacing earlier achievement programs for young women.

Final June Conference held.

My Personal Progress program introduced, building on six areas of focus introduced in Behold Thy Handmaiden.

First general women’s meeting broadcast from Salt Lake Tabernacle, for all women and young women ages twelve and older.

Three-hour block schedule implemented for Sunday meetings, including regular Sunday instruction specifically for young women for the first time.

In a Young Women satellite broadcast highlighting global sisterhood, President Ardeth Greene Kapp introduced Young Women theme and values.

Young Women organization introduced new Personal Progress program structured around seven Young Women values.

For the Strength of Youth revived, revised, and given vigorous churchwide rollout.

New camp manual distributed, with focus on spirituality and global applicability.

Annual general Young Women meeting became standard, held the week before April general conference.

“The Family: A Proclamation to the World” issued by First Presidency.

Church statisticians estimated that for the first time a majority of church members lived outside the United States.

First church website launched.

Personal Progress program revised, with new medallion featuring image of the Salt Lake Temple.

President Elaine S. Dalton announced addition of virtue to Young Women values.

Personal Progress program updated, with online progress tracking. Medallion updated to include a ruby and symbols for all three classes; Honor Bee charm introduced.

Missionary age of service lowered to nineteen for young women.

New youth curriculum titled Come, Follow Me released, intended to foster principle-based application.

General presidents of Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary appointed to church’s executive councils.

New Children and Youth program announced, replacing Personal Progress.

Multiday youth conferences, known as For the Strength of Youth, announced for worldwide implementation on alternate-year basis.

President Bonnie H. Cordon announced new Young Women theme and changes to class names and structures.

New Era magazine replaced by For the Strength of Youth print and digital publications, available in dozens of languages worldwide.

Revised For the Strength of Youth booklet published, encouraging youth to make choices based on principles, spiritual guidance, and a relationship with Jesus Christ, rather than on specifically enumerated rules.