American Association of University Women
American Association of University Women (AAUW) is an American organization that advocates for equal rights for women, particularly in the field of education and academic research. The facility was created in 1921 through the merger of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae and the Southern Association of College Women . The headquarters of the AAUW is in Washington, DC ; in addition, there are approximately 1,000 other branches in the United States. In 2011 the AAUW had over 100,000 members.
concept
Originally the aim was to promote the academic career of women, later demands for equal treatment of girls and boys at American schools, freedom of decision-making for women to terminate pregnancy and family-friendly politics supplemented the AAUW program.
Since its inception, the organization has regularly awarded scholarships to women who work in science. By 2011, a total of $ 83 million had been paid out to over 11,000 scholars.
history
The most important forerunner of the AAUW was the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (ACA, German: Association of University Graduates ). The idea of founding such an organization arose on November 28, 1881 at a meeting in Boston to which Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot (1858-1948) invited 15 college graduates. The ACA was officially founded on January 14, 1882 in Boston by 65 female graduates from eight different US universities. In addition to Richards and Talbot, Alice Freeman Palmer was one of the main initiators of the organization . The goals of the ACA consisted in the formation of a network between the state's female academics, the establishment of standards for the education of women at universities and the establishment of women-specific scholarships.
In October 1889, the Western Association of Collegiate Alumnae (WACA), founded in 1883, became part of the ACA. The year before, the WACA had awarded the organization's first grant.
In March 1921, the ACA and the Southern Association of College Women, founded in 1903, merged to form the American Association of University Women . That same year AAUW moved to a building in Washington, DC, two blocks from the White House .
From 1923 to 1926 the AAUW founded committees to promote adult education , the fine arts, and to improve the economic and legal situation of women.
By 1931, 50 years after the founders first met, the organization had established a total of 521 branches and gained around 36,800 members.
Well-known scholarship holders
- Marie Curie received $ 156,413 in 1920 for the purchase of a gram of radium
- Ida Henrietta Hyde was one of the first women to receive an ACA Fellowship in 1893
- Sandra Day O'Connor received the AAUW Achievement Award in 1988
- Jeannette Rankin received the AAUW Achievement Award in 1976
- Florence Siebert (1897–1991) received the AAUW Achievement Award in 1943
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Past Present and Future. AAUW Annual Report 2011. (PDF; 3.3 MB) American Association of University Women, 2011, archived from the original on November 13, 2012 ; Retrieved September 25, 2017 (American English).
- ^ Kathryn Cullen-DuPont: Encyclopedia of Women's History in America. P. 11
- ↑ Martha Jones: Talbot, Marion (1858-1948). MLS, Natick, Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, Massachusetts 2002.
- ↑ History of the AAUW, 1920-1929 ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 17, 2012
- ↑ History of the AAUW, 1930-1949 ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 9, 2013
