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Since 1933, our branch in Beaver Dam Wisconsin has been supporting AAUW’s mission of advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.
We are an active group of about 45 members. We meet monthly September through April, with a brief business meeting and then a fun and informative program. A delicious brunch and program on a Saturday in May ends the year. Our group also hosts monthly morning and evening book clubs.
We sponsor two to three $2,000 scholarships to area high school seniors each year. In 2019, we started a new scholarship program for women who are returning to school through Moraine Park. We have been able to give two $1,000 scholarships through this program. The money for these scholarships is the result of the community’s generosity at our one and only fundraising event: the Scholarship Gift Basket Auction, held each year in October. Check out the scholarship page for more information, including another opportunity offered through the State of Wisconsin’s AAUW.
A message from your branch president:
August 2024:
Welcome to another year of AAUW! As we continue our mission of working towards equity for women and girls, it’s nice to start off with some bits of good news.
In 1900 Paris made history by being the first Olympics to include women. This year Paris saw another first – total equity in the number of male & female athletes participating in the games! And women’s sports in general continue to make great strides, with game attendance, tv-viewership rates and female athletes’ salaries making huge gains and hitting all-time highs.
Other numbers also show reason for hope. The World Bank tracks a measurement called human capital, which is a way of predicting a country’s economic progress and development success. According to their most recent report, girls’ human capital is now equivalent to or higher than boys in 90% of the countries for which they have data. They have also seen a steady increase in the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, more than doubling over the last 25 years.
I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Bobbi