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Officially the Girl Reserves of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) began in 1918. However, like many clubs - it evolved from many informal girl gatherings under the YWCA program and from the Patriotic League of the YWCA. The Girl Reserves sought to help girls 12-18 develop a well-balanced personality, grow physically and take on social responsibility. By 1921 there was a Girl Reserves handbook to outlined the program. It was a uniformed group, although by the 1930 there was a great deal of discussion on the merits of uniforms.
1932 Girl Reserves in uniform
The Girl Reserve program lasted until 1950, when the name was changed to Y-Teens, to be more in step with the modern 50's girl.
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