Marilynn Smiley
NYS Historian

Helen Engel
NYS Historian

HAPPY 85th ANNIVERSARY to AAUW-NYS! Read a brief history of the NYS activities from 1920 through 2005, or print and use a bookmark form of the document!

The projects and accomplishments of AAUW are of interest to many. AAUW has played and continues to play an important role in the women's movement. It is important to preserve our history to serve as a reference tool and to study past issues that influence present and future ones.

Scholars of the women's movement and those in other fields, such as education, minority rights, sociology, political science, international relations, diversity, and many other fields, find valuable information in the records of the organization at all levels, from the Association to the Branch. Local historians learn more about their communities through studying about AAUW Branches.

Our state archives are housed in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester, which also holds archives for numerous other significant women's organizations and is a resource for scholars in various disciplines of women's studies.

Branch histories are also important for our organization, for general scholarship in the subjects listed above, and for individual communities.