Empowering Women Today
for a Better World Tomorrow

Worldwide Presence - Local Impact

"We, women of the United States of America, believing that the best good of humanity will be advanced by efforts toward greater unity of sympathy and purpose, and that a voluntary association of individuals so united will best serve the highest good of the family, the community, the state, do hereby freely band ourselves together into a federation of all races, creeds, and traditions, to further the application of the Golden Rule to society, custom, and law." ~ From the founding document of the National Council of Women of the United States, March 31st, 1888, Washington, D.C.

The National Council of Women of the United States, Inc. is a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to the realization of full participation by women in every aspect of society.  We represent all races, creeds and traditions.

The NCW/US is an accredited Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with the Department of Public Information (UN/DPI) and in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (UN/ECOSOC) of the United Nations.

Through this affiliation we are able to have a positive impact on the world stage, while at the same time staying committed to advancing pressing women's issues at the local level in the United States.