Constitution & Bylaws

Western Association of Women Historians

Constitution and bylaws

All links are to PDFs.

Constitution (adopted May 2006)

Bylaws

Founders' Dissertation Fellowship Bylaws (adopted May 2009)
Judith Lee Ridge Prize Bylaws (adopted May 2007)
Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize Bylaws (adopted May 2007)
Barbara "Penny" Kanner Prize Bylaws (adopted April 2011)
The Kanner Prize bylaws were revised and voted on by the membership in April 2011. The revision included re-wording #1, but there was an oversight in not also removing #3, which explained the previous version of the award. The information in #3 will not apply to the 2012 award criteria, but will not be formally removed until the vote at the business meeting in May 2012.
Gita Chaudhuri Prize Bylaws (adopted May 2010)
Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize (adopted August 2008)

updated June 13, 2011

The Western Association of Women Historians was founded in 1969 to promote the interests of women historians both in academic settings and in the field of history generally.

Drawing scholars from the Western states, the WAWH is the largest of the regional women's historical associations in the U.S.

The WAWH encourages the participation of academic historians and independent scholars, and welcomes literary scholars and art, theater, and film specialists.