American Association of University Women. Utah State Division

The American Association of University Women is an organization whose membership is composed of women with baccalaureate degrees who are committed to continuing their education informally through study groups and to providing scholarships for women who desire to obtain advanced degrees. Originally organized in 1882 as the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, the group took its present name in 1921. Structurally, the organization exists on five levels: local branch, state division, regional division, national and international federation.

The State Division of AAUW is not the parent but, rather, the creation of four pre-existing Utah branches of AAUW-- Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan, and Brigham City-- whose representatives met in the Women's Lounge in the campus of the University of Utah on January 1942, to create a temporary state organization. By June 1942, the members of all four branches had ratified the constitution and bylaws. The state offices were all filled by September 1944. The following May, those officers met with the branch presidents at a meeting hosted by the Salt Lake Branch in the Hotel Utah.

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