“The Young Women organization has undergone changes in both name and procedure over the years, but its guiding purpose has remained the same: to kindle the flame of testimony in the young women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to help each young woman 'come unto Christ.' ”

Each general president of the Young Women organization “brought special skills and insights to her calling that were particularly needed during her years of service” (taken from Keepers of the Flame, inside cover flap).

Elmina Shepard Taylor (1880–1904)	Martha Horne Tingey (1905–1929)	Ruth May Fox (1929–1937)	Lucy Grant Cannon (1937–1948)
Bertha Stone Reeder (1948–1961)	Florence Smith Jacobsen (1961–1972)	Ruth Hardy Funk (1972–1978)	Elaine Anderson Cannon (1978–1984)
Ardeth Greene Kapp (1984–1992)	Janette Callister Hales Beckham (1992–1997)	Margaret Dyreng Nadauld (1997–2002)	Susan Winder Tanner (2002–2008)
Elaine Schwartz Dalton (2008–present)