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9 unusual facts about American Association of University Women


American Association of University Women

In 1919, the ACA participated in a larger effort led by a group of American women which ultimately raised $156,413 to purchase a gram of radium for Marie Curie for her experiments.

CTM Madison Family Theatre

Founders included The American Association of University Women, Madison Junior Women's Club, Edgewood College, and Zeta Phi Eta Professional Speech and Drama.

Denise Schmandt-Besserat

She been cited Outstanding Woman in the Humanities by the American Association of University Women.

Gisela Richter

In 1944, she received the Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women.

Jovita Carranza

Received honors as a Woman of Distinction by the American Association of University Women and NASPA at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders in June 2008.

Peninsula Women's Chorus

In 1966, after a decade of involvement with local musical ensembles, Marjorie Rawlins of Palo Alto founded the American Association of University Women Midpeninsula Chorus, with 17 members.

Susanne Charlotte Engelmann

This led Engelmann to intensify her efforts for emigration, especially in her correspondence with the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

This stay proved to be extremely helpful because the people that Engelmann met during the time, especially her contacts to the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and her knowledge of the country and language, helped her successful immigration and settlement in the USA after she was forced to leave due to the rise of National Socialism in Germany.

Umpqua Community College

In the late 1950s, interested community members formed a committee, sponsored by the American Association of University Women, to explore the idea of establishing a community college in Douglas County.



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L. Frank

She has won several awards for her activities, including from the American Association of University Women, the James Irvine Foundation, the Fund for Folk Culture (for travel to the Native Californian art collection at the Musée de l' Homme in Paris).