American Association of University Women- Kansas City
Biography
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a national association of women that began in 1881, and was founded by Marion Talbot, who would become the Dean of Women at the University of Chicago, and Ellen Swallow Richards, who was the first woman in America to earn a degree in chemistry. The AAUW is an advocacy group whose creation was part of early efforts to “advance opportunities for women to pursue high education and careers- and for equal treatment with men.” (AAUW)
According to their website, “Our advocacy efforts have propelled countless new laws, including the Equal Pay Act, first proposed in 1945 and finally passed in 1963; the Title IX amendment in 1972; the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009; and the Paycheck Fairness Act, which was passed by the U.S. Representatives in 2019 but is awaiting action in the Senate.”
