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John Wanamaker
Page entitled : John
Wanamaker and the Y.M.C.A
Content of this page is about :
About John Wanamker's youth, his apprenticeship in the clothing trade, his
functions as secretary general of the Y.M.C.A in Philadelphia and marriage.
Extract :
... Young Men’s Christian Association was originally started in England in 1844 by a merchant named George Williams with the intended objective to give moral guidance to young men in the cities and make them adhere to a Christian
lifestyle. The Y.M.C.A spread to America in the 1850s and the Philadelphia association, founded in 1854 through the efforts of George H. Smith, a prominent business man, became one of its most shining
examples. As its first full-time secretary, John Wanamaker greatly contributed to its
rise, thereby ...
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