{"id":1210,"date":"2018-01-05T19:18:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/?page_id=1210"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:21:16","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/?page_id=1210","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/?attachment_id=1463\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1463\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1463 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/unnamed-768x281.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_4 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_gutters1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_6 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_right et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Association for Women in Science (AWIS), founded in 1971, is the leading organization that advocates on behalf of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to achieve business growth, social change, and innovation. We are dedicated to driving excellence in STEM by achieving full participation of women in all disciplines and across all employment sectors. AWIS has helped guide Congress, the United Nations, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, institutions and other professional organizations on decisions and best practices to achieve positive system transformation in STEM. With a 50-year history of championing women in science and over 30 grassroots chapters, AWIS offers opportunities for professional development, recognition, and networking with members, allies and supporters worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To learn more about the History of AWIS, visit our <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awis.org\/about-awis\/awis-history\/\">National website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association for Women in Science (AWIS), founded in 1971, is the leading organization that advocates on behalf of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to achieve business growth, social change, and innovation. We are dedicated to driving excellence in STEM by achieving full participation of women in all disciplines and across all &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/?page_id=1210\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;History&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1210\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awisdc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}