The fellowships program phamplet September 1964Along with the fruits of research and contribu-
tions to the fund of the world's knowledge and
professional advancement and improved status
of women, the Fellowships Program enlarges the
horizons of both the Fellows themselves and the
AAUW members who support the program, pro-
vides inspiration from contact with scholars of
other countries and other cultures, stimulates
all toward further achievement, and builds con-
fidence in ability to achieve.
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The Fellowships Program as throug out its hi:
tory shown an extraordinary responsiveness 'to
the need of the time. From a first award of $350
in 1888, the program has grown to an expenditure
of about $300,000 a year in stipends. But on the
basis of the applications currently received, the
need is for about five times that amount.
"If we are seeking to bring the next generation
to a point further than that which can be ob-
tained by our own, there must be people carry-
ing on inquiry, free investigation, constant re-
search. We cannot see at any given moment
which line of investigation may open new hori-
zons, or bring us nearer to what is worthwhile
and true. This investigation must be done by
those who are trained to do it and it must not
be dictated solely by our present outlook. All
intelligent societies provide people trained to
transmit the wisdom of the past, but this is not
enough. They must also provide those trained to
investigate independently into questions that
are not yet fully understood.
"A generous attitude toward free inquiry is, to
my mind, a rough gauge of culture and I
covet it for our country.
"This cause needs your financial support, in-
deed, but it is even more important that it
should have your spiritual cooperation. We want
thj, educational horizon to be wider tomorrow
than it is today and the subjects studied in our
c ,lleges to be more accurate and significant for
YO&r children that they were for us. We wish to
train women to do their part in bringing this to
pass.
"Without your help, this cannot be done, but
with your sympathetic understanding we can
continue our work, we can enlarge it. . . . We
can do something for our country and for wom-
en and for the culture of this whole world, for
we hope our country has its contribution to
make. — DR. KATHERINE GALLAGHER, Former
Fellowships Chairman
``The history of the AAUW Fellowships Program
is not only a record of great achievement but an
inspiration to the still larger undertakings that
will inevitably be asked of us in the years
ahead. "—HELEN C. WHITE, Former AAUW President
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Checks shoul" be made out ;�� -`Fel-
lowships Program."
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I hereby give and/or bequeath to the Fel-
lowships Endowment Fund of the American
Association of University Women Education --
al Foundation ................................. to be
held and administered in accordance with
the terms of the Deed of Trust establishing
said Fund.
This form may be mo(' ' -a make contribu-
tions to current funds fos ;V Fellowships.
Investment in AAUW'; allowships Program
brings rich returns in wider opportunities for
women, in international understanding, and in
helping to meet the greatest need of the modern
world— the need for well-trained minds to' meet
the demands of the future.
American Association of University Women
2401 Virginia Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
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Purposes
The support of Fellowships has been regarded
by AAUW members as one of the most important
ways to promote the purpose of the Association
as stated in the original Charter—"uniting the
alumnae of different institutions for practical
educational work . . . and in general for the
maintenance of high standards of education."
The resolution of the 1953 Convention which
established the endowment funds in an irrevoc-
able trust stated the purpose as "advancing the
education of women, widening fields of learning,
and raising the standard of scholarship."
Rosemond Tuve put it this way: "You have
found a means of sending out scouts where one
cannot go in person, in the hope that later all
men will benefit by any pushing back of the
boundaries of the unknown which surrounds us
on all sides."
Milestones
1888-89 First award of $350 to Ida M. Street for
graduate study in English at University
of Michigan, made by Western ACA
1890-91 First award of European Fellowship of
$500 to Louisa H. Richardson for study
Wom
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Progra
d Asian
Because of the shortage of teachers in Africa,
Latin America, and Asia, special attention is
given to applicants from these areas. A summer
program for African teachers is conducted by
AAUW in cooperation with the United States
Department of State.
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Total through 1963-64— 1810
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awards -62
The members of AAUW voluntarily raise and
contribute the funds for this program. Contribu-
tions may be designated for endowments, for
immediate use as stipends for either American
or International Fellowships, or for use as the
Fellowships Program Committee may designate.
In 1963-64, contributions of AAUW members
amounted to $411,689.87, a "superb work of
thoroughly disinterested altruism." More than
one third of the 1963-64 contribution was as-
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in Latin at Cambridge University, made
Awards are made to American women for the
by ACA
writing of doctoral dissertations or for post -
1908 -09 First award of an Endowed Fellowship,
doctoral research because this is the stage at
the Alice Freeman Palmer, of $500 to
which it is most difficult for women to find
Nettie M. Stevens for research in biology
assistance from other sources. Of the fifty-two
at Naples Zoological Station
American women pursuing advanced research
1917-18 First Latin American Fellowship of $500
under AAUW Fellowships during the 1964-65
to Virginia P. Alvarez -Hussey of Vene-
academic year, thirty-one are writing doctoral
zuela for study of medicine at Woman's
dissertations in economics, political science,
Medical College of Pennsylvania
history, sociology, anthropology, zoology, bi-
1927
Vote at Washington Convention to raise
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ology, geology, mathematics, psychol�►gy,
linguistics, and literature. There are no rescic-
a Million Dollar Endowment
tions as to age, place of research, or field, of
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Fifty years of Fellowships celebrated at
work except that awards are not made in `the
Denver Convention
creative or performing arts.
1943
First Achievement Award of $2
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Florence Seibert, biochemist
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1953
Endowment Fund established in irrevo-
cable trust by Minneapolis Convention,
Awards are made to women of other countries
marking achievement of the Million Dol-
to provide advanced training for women of out -
lar Endowment
standing ability who may be expected to give
1963
Seventy-five years of Fellowships cele-
constructive leadership in their home countries
brated at Denver Convention
upon their return. Among the forty-one women
1964
Received Distinguished Service Award
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from twenty-five countries studying under
of Institute of International Education
AAUW Fellowships during the 1964-65 academic
for outstanding contribution to interna-
year are chemists, biologists, physicists, journal-
tional education and understanding
ists, psychologists, doctors, dentists, political
scientists, anthropologists, social workers, and
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1_. tat'n
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Progra
d Asian
Because of the shortage of teachers in Africa,
Latin America, and Asia, special attention is
given to applicants from these areas. A summer
program for African teachers is conducted by
AAUW in cooperation with the United States
Department of State.
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Total through 1963-64— 1810
r Number of countries represented in the
awards -62
The members of AAUW voluntarily raise and
contribute the funds for this program. Contribu-
tions may be designated for endowments, for
immediate use as stipends for either American
or International Fellowships, or for use as the
Fellowships Program Committee may designate.
In 1963-64, contributions of AAUW members
amounted to $411,689.87, a "superb work of
thoroughly disinterested altruism." More than
one third of the 1963-64 contribution was as-
siget endowment.
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