The Association for Women in Psychology
was convened during the 1969 meeting of the American Psychological
Association because APA was not responding to the issues
raised by the new women's liberation movement.
AWP members continued to speak out
at APA meetings over the next few years about employment
discrimination, sexual harassment, lack of research and
theory on women, and other issues we now collect under
the term "sexism."
Because of AWP's efforts, an official
group for the psychology of women (Division
35) was created in APA in 1973. In 1977, joint
AWP and Division 35 efforts resulted in the creation of
a Women's Program Office at APA headquarters.
Two decades later, AWP continues
to play an active role outside of APA, sponsoring annual
and occasional regional conferences on feminist psychology
and publishing a newsletter. We make several awards
annually on topics relevant to feminist psychology.
