So the Young Women's Christian Association – the YWCA – has named Patricia Ireland, former head of the National Organization for Women, its new president. Many have expressed outrage at the hiring of Ms. Ireland, assuming her ideology is foreign to current YWCA initiatives. But if one looks at the agenda of NOW and the history of the YWCA since around 1900, unfortunately, the hire makes a lot of sense. First, a brief look at NOW. Their self-identified victories include organizing "record-breaking crowds for protests on issues such as violence against women and abortion rights;" electing "record numbers of feminist...