Founded in 1941, Church Women United (CWU) is a national volunteer Christian ecumenical women's movement initiated and carried out by women in the United States and Puerto Rico. Since 1941 women of the Church Women United Movement have held a vision of Christian unity and prayerful action. CWU is a movement that brings together women of diverse races, cultures and traditions in closer Christian fellowship, prayer, advocacy, and action for peace with justice in the world. At its founding, the Movement was named United Council of Church Women (UCCW). The United Council of Church Women's first action was to circulate a petition signed by 84,000 church women "urging the United States at the signing of the United Nations Charter, to join and take its full responsibility in a world organization." The action received wide publicity in the media and Eleanor Roosevelt later involved the UCCW in a conference at the White House on "How Women May Share in Post War Policy Making."
From the description of Church Women United In Kansas records, [ca. 1946-ca. 1990]. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 703505775
