Text Box: Educational Foundation

By Educational  Foundation  Chair Diana Bernstein

dianatbernstein@yahoo.com

Educational Foundation’s 50th Anniversary
Text Box: Volume 29, Number 2 October, 2008 Page # Text Box: In honor of the Educational Foundation’s 50th Anniversary, members can help AAUW meet the goal of raising 500 gifts of $50 in 50 days. All donors, individuals, and branches, who mail their contribution by October 15, 2008, will Text Box: be recognized for their generosity on the online Educational Foundation 50th Anniversary Scrapbook at http://aauw.org/ef50/index.cfm. You can contribute online at HTTPS://SVC.AAUW.ORG/Contribute/EF_50TH Text Box: or by mailing a check to AAUW Educational Foundation’s 50th Anniversary to AAUW, P.O. Box 630832, Baltimore, MD 21263-0832.

Here are some questions to perk your interest and attention about the Educational Foundation. The answers are at the bottom of this page.

1. In what year did the Educational Foundation initiate the Research and Projects Grant program? 

A.   1972        B.  1980                    C.  1990                    D.  1996

2. In what year was the first AAUW International Fellowship awarded?

A.   1920        B.  1932                    C.  1917                    D.  1911

3. Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala received this award:

A. AAUW Achievement Award                    B.  Founders Distinguished Senior Scholar Award

C.   Progress in Equity Award          D.   AAUW Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars

 

4. Released by the Educational Foundation on 1991, what landmark research describes girls receiving an inferior education compared to boys?

A. Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America

B. How Schools Shortchange Girls              C.  Hostile Hallways

C. Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children

 

5. Which early AAUW research publication helped spark the campaign for better employment standards for women?

A. Behind the Pay Gap                    B.  Living Wage for College Women

C.   Women at Work              D.  Families and Work Project

 

6. Which award recognizes individuals, projects, and organizations that contribute to the equity and education of women and girls?

A. Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award    B.  Progress in Equity Award

C.   AAUW Achievement Award                   D.  Speaking Out for Justice Award

 
Text Box: ANSWER KEY: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. A