History of youth work History of youth work The history of youth work goes back to the birth of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, which was the first time that young men left their own homes and cottage industries to migrate to the big towns. The result of this migration was an emergent youth culture in urban areas, which was responded to by the efforts of local people. In 1844 the first organisation whose sole aim was to address the needs of young men was founded. The YMCA was set up by George Williams. Williams was from London and his goal was
George G. Williams from the Texas Institute of Letters. His detailed "Guide to Literary London" (1973, 406 pages), which described 38 literary walks through the streets of London, was described as ambitious by Humphrey Higgins in the "Journal of the Royal Society of Arts" as to Williams, London was a foreign city. Rice also wrote for academic journals on his hobby of ornithology and was one of the founders of the Houston Museum of Natural Science for which he was the first president from 1948 to 1950. George G. Williams George G. Williams (1 May 1902 - 1 December 2000) was professor emeritus