Anstis Elmina Shepard Taylor was the first general president of what is today the Young Women organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a founding member of the National Council of Women of the United States.

Martha Jane Tingey was the second general president of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1905 to 1929. She spent a total of 49 years as a member of the general presidency.