Women Making a Difference: American Association of University Women in Milwaukee 1894 - 2012

Pardini, Priscilla

ISBN 10: 0985203501 / ISBN 13: 9780985203504

Published by American Association of Universsity Women, Milwaukee, WI, 2012

About this Item

182pp. Inscribed by author (first name only) to former owner on title page. Foreword by John Gurda. Boards have a slight bend. Tips are lightly rubbed. Lower tip of front board is bumped. Former owner sticker on rear endpaper. Jacket has light scuffs and light scratches. Top tip of rear flap fold has a small bump. Edges have light creases. Text is unmarked. 9780985203504.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women Making a Difference: American Association of University Women in Milwaukee 1894 - 2012
• Publisher: American Association of Universsity Women, Milwaukee, WI
• Publication Date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0985203501
• ISBN 13: 9780985203504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autographed, Signed: Wisconsin Related

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Synopsis

The American Association of University Women was organized in Boston in 1881 to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Its founders, all college educated at a time when few women pursued higher education, were responsible for the creation of an organization that today includes more than 100,000 members, 1,000 branches, and 500 college and university partners.

Over the years, the association has weighed in on the nation's major educational, social, economic, and political issues, and, more specifically, analyzed the way these issues have affected women.

Locally the work of the AAUW was taken up by its Milwaukee Branch. WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE: AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN IN MILWAUKEE - 1894-2012 is the detailed story of the AAUW Milwaukee branch's service, accomplishments, and philanthropy. With more than 200 images, most from the branch's archival collection,the book is visually compelling. It stands as a tribute to the foresight and hard work of a group of remarkable women and an inspiration to their successors.

About the Author

Priscilla Pardini is an author, editor, journalist, researcher, and teacher. A former education reporter for The Milwaukee Journal, , she currently freelances for a variety of publications. She has written histories of several local organizations, including St. Aemillian-Lakeside Inc and the Bel Canto Chorus. Her history of the Faye McBeath Foundation won the Wilmer Shields Rich Award for Excellence in Communication. She is also the author of ON HER OWN: THE LIFE OF BETTY BRINN, a biography for children about the philanthropist for whom the city's children's museum and children's room at the Milwaukee Public Library are named.

Pardini works as well as an instructor for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Academically Talented Youth. She holds a bachelor's degree from the UW-Madison and a master's degree from the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies.