Women's Research & Education Institute

An independent nonprofit organization, the Women's Research & Education Institute "gathers, synthesizes, and analyzes policy-relevant information on issues that concern or affect women, and serves as a resource for federal and state policymakers, advocates for women, scholars, the media, and the interested public." WREI was founded in May 1977 by the bipartisan Congresswomen's Caucus as its non-partisan data/policy analysis arm. Since then it has followed the Caucus's agenda, organizing Capitol Hill briefings, and researching and reporting on a range of issues including healthcare, Social Security, women in uniform, affirmative action, Title IX, sexual harassment, etc. In the 1980s the Congresswomen's Caucus Corporation changed its name to the WREI and became an independent research center but it continued to provide timely and non-partisan information to Congressional representatives. Among its projects are a series of books, The American Woman, detailing almost every aspect of women's lives; grants for Congressional fellowships on women and public policy; research on women in the military and women veterans; studies on women's health; etc.

From the description of Records of the Women's Research & Education Institute, 1977-2004 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 543297905

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