National Association of University Women (U.S.)

The National Association of University Women, founded in 1923, is comprised of women college and university graduates and has the following as its goals: to promote constructive work in education, civic activities, and human relations; to study educational conditions with emphasis on problems affecting women; to encourage high educational standards and stimulate intellectual attainment and women generally.

The NAUW maintains a placement service, awards annual national fellowships; each local group gives one or more college scholarships annually.

The Queens Branch was organized in 1953 and engages in many fund raising activities to provide scholarships to women. The Queens Branch has about fifty-five members as of 1991 and assists the Wayside Home for Girls on Long Island and a local youth group.

From the description of National Association of University Women, Queens Branch, records, 1960-1988. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465727

The National Association of University Women, founded in 1923, is comprised of African American college and university women graduates and has the following as its goals: To promote constructive work in education, civic activities, and human relations; to study educational conditions with emphasis on problems affecting women; to encourage high educational standards and stimulate intellectual attainment among women generally. The NAUW maintains a placement service, awards annual national fellowships; each local group gives one or more college scholarships annually.

In 1910 the parent group of the NAUW, the College Alumnae Club, was organized by Mary Church Terrell, the first president, and twenty-four other other African American university graduates. The organization participated in activities to raise the standards of African American colleges and achieve women suffrage. In 1923 the branches formed the National Association of College Women, and currently there are approximately eighty-seven branches throughout the United States.

From the description of National Association of University Women records, 1925-1985 (bulk 1969-1985). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455277

The National Association of University Women, founded in 1923, is comprised of African American college and university women graduates and has the following as its goals: To promote constructive work in education, civic activities, and human relations; to study educational conditions with emphasis on problems affecting women; to encourage high educational standards and stimulate intellectual attainment among women generally. The NAUW maintains a placement service, awards annual national fellowships; each local group gives one or more college scholarships annually.

In 1910 the parent group of the NAUW, the College Alumnae Club, was organized by Mary Church Terrell, the first president, and twenty-four other other African American university graduates. The organization participated in activities to raise the standards of African American colleges and achieve women suffrage. In 1923 the branches formed the National Association of College Women, and currently there are approximately eighty-seven branches throughout the United States.

From the guide to the National Association of University Women records, 1925-1985, 1969-1985, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)