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Show Organizations of Interest to Women 275 members of the organization. Membership is open to all women who are em ployed in or who own businesses in the construction or allied fields. NAWIC is nonprofit, nonsectarian, and nonpartisan; not affiliated with any religious, There are 86 chapters in various cities throughout the United States. Membership: Over 3,500. fraternal, or labor group. En g'ineering Society of Women Engineer8, United Engineering Center, 3d Floof", 345 East 47th Street, New York, N.Y., 10017. Established 1950. Its purpose is to inform young women, their parents, counselors, and the public in general of tile qualifications and achievements of women engineers and of the opportunities open to them; to assist women engineers in readying themselves for a return to active work after temporary retirement; and to encourage women engi to attain high levels of educational and professional achievement. neers Membership: 800. Fashion Fa8hion G(YUp, Ino., The, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New 1931. York, N.Y., 10020. It is a nonprofit association of women engaged In fashion Founded work, formed to advance the principles of applied art in industry, to maintain high stand ards, to provide liaison among the many facets of fashion industries, to dis seminate information on trends through meetings and bulletins, and to encourage new interest in fashion through training courses and scholarships. Membership:. 4,000 members with 28 regional groups in the United States, plus 2 regional groups in Canada, 1 in Melbourne, Australia, and an allied group in Paris. finance Federation of Women Shareholders in American Business, Inc., 527 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10017. Its purpose is (a) to educate women con cerning the importance of using their vote as stockholders (including the goal a secret ballot for all shareholders=-especiaUy employee-shareholders=-in corporate elections); (b) to delineate their responsibilities as employers of management and labor; and (c) to provide financial education for women because they own, although they do not control, 70 percent of the privately of owned wealth. It supports equal pay for equal work, equal mandatory retirement age, and equal training and opportunity in business; Geography Society of Womarn Geographers, The, 1216 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, D.C., 20036. Founded 1925. Its purpose is to form a medium of contact be tween traveled women engaged in geographical work and allied arts and sciences, to further geographical work in all its branches, to spread geographical knowledge, and to encourage geographical research. Membership: 400. Health Services American Association of Industrial Nurses, Inc., 170 East 61st Street,. New York, N.Y., 10021. Founded 1942. It is the professional association of registered Its purpose is to maintain nurses engaged in the practice of industrial nursing. |
