American Association of University Women (AAUW) Gainesville, Florida Branch Records

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is an organization created to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Originally founded in Boston by Marion Talbot and Ellen Richards in November 1881, the AAUW is open to all graduates who hold an associate or equivalent, baccalaureate or higher degree from a qualified educational institution, a degree from a foreign institution recognized by the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), or a foreign degree acceptable as a basis for admission to graduate schools at regionally accredited universities in the United States as well as students enrolled at qualified educational institutions.

The Florida Division of the AAUW was founded in 1929. In 1916, a group of Tampa women organized as a branch of the Southern Association of College Women. It was the only branch in the state until 1923 when a Tallahassee group organized a second branch. The two groups were followed by St. Petersburg in 1924, and then followed by Jacksonville, Miami, Gainesville, Pensacola, and Sarasota in 1926, Hollywood in 1927, and Central Florida (now Orlando-Winter Park) in 1928. These branches were the founding branches of the AAUW in Florida.

Source: AAUW. "About". https://aauw-fl.aauw.net/about/. Accessed August 26, 2019.