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Review for The American Association of University Women, Inc. (AAUW), Washington, DC, USA

Rating: 5 stars  

I've been an AAUW member since my early 30s, and have benefitted so much from this organization. As a middle school science teacher, I received their Eleanor Roosevelt Fellowship and $15,000 to have a wonderful afterschool science club for girls. They continued as confident and science loving high school and college students! I also taught in the first CA Tech Trek for Girls at Stanford. This was Marie Wolbach's dreamchild of a week of classes and meeting women with interesting professons on a college campus for deserving middle school girls. It grew to 8 other college sites and I've taught at the San Diego campus and the Whittier campus for 5 more years. AAUW has made a tremendous difference in my life as a teacher and as a woman.

I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...

See review above.

If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...

Try to engage younger women; but the reality is that most have too much on their plate until they retire.

Role:  Professional with expertise in this field & Was an Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow and a teacher for 6 years of AAUW Tech Trek for Girls.
 
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