Women's associations fall under wide and diverse set of categories, yet they all have a unified goal - helping women. It would be almost impossible to track history of the earliest women's association, but an endeavor can be made to list the most noteworthy organizations with a mission to help women in various sectors of their lives. The following is an incomplete list of notable national and International women's associations.

Business and professional

American Business Women's Association The American Business Women's Association is a national professional association for women, established by Kansas City businessman, Hilary Bufton Jr. On Sept. 22, 1949, Mr. Bufton and three Kansas City businesswomen incorporated the American Busine ...

Graduate Women in Science Graduate Women in Science (GWIS), formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science (SDE-GWIS), is an international organization for women in science, first established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United State ...

(GWIS) *

The National Association of Women in Construction The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is a professional association for women in the field of construction. The purpose of the association is to support women in construction through networking, professional education, and ment ...

* National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) * National Association of Women Business Owners *

Association for Women in Science The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) was founded in 1971 at the annual Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) meeting. The organization aims to combat job discrimination, lower pay, and professional isolation. The ...

Society of Women Engineers The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is an international not-for-profit educational and service organization. Founded in 1950 and headquartered in the United States, the Society of Women Engineers is a major advocate for women in engineering and ...

International Federation of Women Lawyers The International Federation of Women Lawyers (IFWL), in Spanish ''Federación Internacional de Abogadas'' (FIDA), is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal ...

(FIDA)

Academic

American Association of University Women The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, is a non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. The organization has a nationwide network of 170,000 ...

Health and medical

Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization. The stated purpose of AWHONN is to promote the health of women and newborns. History AWHONN became a separate and indepen ...

* American Medical Women's Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Womens Associations Associations

Women A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or Adolescence, adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female hum ...

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