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Show Organizations of Interest to Women 278 work practice, advance the profession, and represent it on social welfare issues. Membership : 40,000. Ghapters: 167 in all '50 States (Membership includes both men and women.) and in Puerto Rico. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Inc., 250 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y., 10019. Organized 1949. Its major objectives are to associ ate all licensed practical nurses and to protect their welfare, to further the highest ethical principles, to interpret the standards of licensed practical nurs ing, and to promote the most effective use of their services. 32,000. Membership: National League for Nursing, 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y., 10019. Organized 1952. Its purpose is to foster the development of hospital, indus trial, public health, and other organized nursing services and of nursing education through the coordinated action ot nurses, allied professional groups, citizens, agencies, and schools 'so that the nursing needs of the people will be Membership: 24,712 individuals and 1,341 member agencies. met. Home Economics American Dietetic Founded 1917. Associatio;;'; 620 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill., 60611. objective of this association is to improve the nutrition of human beings, to advance the science 'Of dietetics and nutrition, and to pro mote education The in these and allied areas. Membership: 17,000. stricted to women, but membership is primarily women.) (Not re American Home Eoonomics Association, 1600 20th Street NW., Washington, D.C., 20009. Established 1909. It is the professional organization for all home economists and those employed in fields related to home economics. Activities include consumer interests, publications, career information, and na tional and international scholarships and fellowships. The official organ is Economics, published lSeptember through June. Mem bership: 23,500 individual members; 350 affiliated college chapters; 200 groups of home economists in homemaking. (Not restricted to women, but membership is primarily women.) the Journal of Home Housekeeping National Emecutive Housekeepers Association, Inc., The, c/o Mrs. Alberta J. Wetherholt, Secretary, Holzer Hospital and Clinic, Gallipolis, Ohio, 45631. In corporated 1931. Its purpose is to bring together the progressive executive housekeepers of the country in an active, cooperative body; to encourage educational activities and high professional standards'; to encourage a wider knowledge of administrative problems; to promote research; and to eagage in other activities advantageous to th-e profession and its members. Member ship: Approximately 2,300 in 54 chapters. (Approximately 85 percent are women.) Insurance NationaZ Association Of Insurance Women, 823 South Detroit Avenue, Tulsa, Oltla., 74120. Founded June 1940. Its purpose is to encourage and f |
