Past Presidents
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During this time, Seattle Branch continued to participate in the Washington State Lobby Day, which has been held annually since 1984. We worked with Expanding Your Horizons which encouraged middle school girls to study science and mathematics by participating in hands-on workshops led by women in STEM careers from 1988 until 2015 when we were unable to continue the program because, ironically, it served only girls.
In 2001, the branch added Scholar Recognition to honor and encourage high school women in the STEM fields which has now been running for more than 20 years.
In 2004, Seattle Branch held a 100th birthday celebration gala at the Women’s University Club attended by members and friends from around the state. See the slide show from the event near the bottom of this page.
Seattle Branch continues with our education focus, especially STEM. We’ve been integrally involved with Tech Trek since the program started in Washington in 2013.
We have a longtime partnership with the University of Washington Women’s Center.
In 2012, we established the Mary Lou Hughes Research & Projects Grant Fund in memory of our longtime member. Endowed in 2016, the Grant is now awarded to deserving applicants each year.
In 2019, we instituted a successful College Scholarship program for young women in our area.
The Winifred Weter and Betty Carey legacies were received and made available for the continued enhancement and sustainability of Seattle Branch. We are ever grateful for the support and stability they give our branch and our many branch projects.
In 2020, Seattle Branch was awarded Five Star status by the national organization for aligning our work with the AAUW strategic plan and other initiatives that foster AAUW’s mission of advancing gender equity. We continue to be a strong voice for equity in our region. Today, our membership is made up of people from all walks of life, working together in a non-partisan manner to achieve the AAUW vision of equity for all, and embracing the organization’s values of integrity, inclusion and intersectionality.
AAUW National - 1990s: The Status of Girls
The AAUW Educational Foundation released its groundbreaking research report How Schools Shortchange Girls in 1992. In response, AAUW launched the AAUW Initiative for Educational Equity. The Initiative, including a roundtable discussion in Washington DC, was an effort to spark attention and action to a critical but overlooked aspect of the national education reform debate: getting girls into America’s education agenda. How Schools Shortchange Girls marked AAUW as a go-to source for information about the status of girls in America’s schools.
For more information on our past presidents:
Past Presidents 1989-1962
Past Presidents 1961-1935
Past Presidents 1935-1904