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Marian Spath, Long Time Member, Dies in February 2023

Marian Spath, our Seattle Branch member who moved to Eugene, OR, in 2003, died in February at the age of 94. Marian was a Seattle native, taught 4th grade at EC Hughes elementary in West Seattle, volunteered as a docent at the Woodland Park Zoo, was a church organist, and was active in water aerobics classes at the Y. She received BA’s in Elementary Education and Personnel Management in 1949 and… Read More »

Washington State Legislature - 2023

Here’s some important information for you to follow our 2023 Washington State Legislature. There are a number of important bills this session, so please check out these resources. We are so lucky to have Nancy Sapiro on the ground at the Legislature to keep us informed. Bookmark our AAUW-WA 2023 Legislative Update webpage. This is your best way to stay current on our advocacy work and find the legislative updates from our… Read More »

BLACK WOMEN LEADING THE WAY TO EQUITY

I can’t think of a better illustration of that than AAUW’s Fellows and Grantees. Our alumnae include everyone from Barbara Smith, who helped establish Black women’s studies in the 1970s, to Claudine Gay, who will become the first Black president of Harvard University this year. Visit our website and social media posts to meet trailblazing Black women from every era. We should also reflect on the enormous obstacles confronting… Read More »

Facts, Resources, Actions on Abortion in the US

Do this Now:  Pass the Women’s Health Protection Act!  AAUW Two-Minute Activist Update: The U.S. Senate has finally scheduled a vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act for the week of May 9, 2022! The House of Representatives passed it in September 2021 and we are waiting on the Senate to get it across the finish line — take action NOW to urge your senators to support vital protections for reproductive health for all! Read More »

Next Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Equal Pay Day denotes how far into the new year women must work to be paid what men were paid the previous year. Started by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996, the goal was to raise awareness about the gender wage gap. Last year’s All Women’s Equal Pay Day was March 24, 2021, an improvement of only nine days. Read More »

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