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 AAUW now has over 100,000 members in every part of the United States.  The Beaver Valley Branch was organized in 1930.  Membership is open to all women who hold an associate degree or higher from qualified institutions.  This includes RN diploma.
 

MISSION STATEMENTAAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

 
VISION STATEMENT:  AAUW will be a powerful advocate and visible leader in equity and education through research, philanthropy, and measurable change in critical areas impacting the lives of women and girls.
 
DIVERSITY STATEMENT: In principle and in practice, AAUW values and seeks a diverse membership.  There shall be no barriers to full participation in this organization on the basis of gender, race, creed, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or class.
 

In 2006,  AAUW celebrated its 125th anniversary.  It was on November 26, 1881 when Marion Talbot and Ellen Richards invited 15 alumnae of eight colleges to meet.  They envisioned an organization in which women college graduates could band together to open doors of higher education to other women and to find wider opportunities to use their training.

 

The first research study they conducted was to prove that higher education does not adversely affect the health of women college graduates.  By the early 1900s, AAUW was advocating child labor laws, compulsory education, juvenile courts, abolition of child labor, and funding for public schools and libraries.  In 1920, they presented to Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie funds to purchase one gram of radium.

 

In 1955, AAUW supported the first legislative proposal for pay equity in a year when women working full-time made .65 to every dollar earned by a man.  Pay equity is an issue we are still fighting.

PAY EQUITY DAY
 
Facts and Figures about Pay Equity
  • A lifetime of lower wages means women have less income they can save for retirement, and less income that counts in a social security or pension benefit formula.
  • Women's current life expectancy is approaching 86 years old, which means they outlive men by an average of 3 years.  As a result, they will have to stretch their retirement savings over a longer period of time.
  • The medium income of older women is almost half what it is for older men.
  • Women are still largely pigeonholed in "pink-collar" jobs.
  • Currently, women's annual earnings are 77% of men's annual earnings.
 According to AAUW research, while women have made remarkable strides in education during the past three decades, these gains have yet to translate into full equity in pay - even for college-educated women who work full time.  A typical college-educated woman working full time earns $46,000 a year compared to $62,000 for college-educated male workers - a difference of $16,000.
 
 For more information, check out the Pay Equity page.
Knowledge is power!


 
Congratulations to our 2009 $1000 High School scholarship winners!
 
 
 
Abigail Kucher
South Side Beaver High School 
 Kristen Lancaster
Beaver Area High School 
Terika Swanson
Aliquippa High School
 
Congratulations to our 2009 $1500 Non-Traditional Scholarship winner!
 

 
Barbara Lopez
Heritage Sewickley  School of Nursing


Officers for 2009 - 2010

 

President:             Janet Rarick
                            Mary Beth Quinn
Program VP:         Joann Soltes
                            Ellen Taylor
Membership VP:    Rose Homish
Secretary:             Jan Landsbach
                             Mary Clark
Financial Officer:    Nancy Mahosky
 
For membership information, contact Rose at 412-741-3844

 


 
 
 
Co-Presidents Janet Rarick and Mary Beth Quinn
 
 
  
 NEXT MEETING:
 
NEXT BOARD MEETING:
6:30 p.m.,Thursday, May 28th at home of Bonnie Reyes
 
NEXT GENERAL MEETING:
September 12, 2009
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Please pay next years dues by June 1, 2009
$60.00