North Dakota Council on Administrative Women in Education Records

Collection

Identifier: OGLMC-1076

Scope and Contents

The North Dakota Council of Administrative Women in Education Records consist of material relating to both the NDCAWE and the National Council of Administrative Women in Education. By-laws, constitutions, minutes of meetings, agendas, correspondence, awards, programs and a written history are among the items included. The material dates from the 1920s until the 1970s, but the greatest bulk of material is from the 1960s. Material is divided by subject and arranged chronologically within each subject folder.

Dates

created: 1920 - 1986
Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1971
Other: Date acquired: 10/00/1986

Creator

North Dakota Council on Administrative Women in Education (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

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The North Dakota Council of Administrative Women in Education (NDCAWE) was founded in 1923 at a meeting of the North Dakota Educational Association. Membership consisted of women educators in North Dakota who held executive positions. The purpose of the Council was to strengthen professional relationships among administrative women, to help maintain high professional standards among women, to work towards the advancement of education in North Dakota and recognize outstanding achievements by women educators. An early custom of the group was an annual award presentation to an outstanding North Dakota woman educator. Named the Administrative Women's Award, the first award was given in 1936 to Clara Richards of Fargo. On February 17, 1949, the NDCAWE formally joined the National Council of Administrative Women in Education (NCAWE). Although disbanded for a time in the 1970s, the North Dakota Council of Administrative Women in Education was revived in 1980 and became part of the North Dakota Council of School Administrators.

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