A Brief History of AAUW of Alabama

A Half-Century of AAUW in Alabama 1927-1977, a compilation of reports of Alabama Division Presidents and histories of branches in the state, gives a portrait of the first fifty years of AAUW in the state. The book was compiled by Ms. Fidelia Gormley, who chaired the Committee on History of the Alabama Division.

The first branches of AAUW to be chartered in Alabama were the Birmingham and Montgomery branches, which were both chartered in 1921. Before the end of the 1920's, four other branches had been formed in Alabama--Auburn (1925), The Shoals (1925), Montevallo (1927), and Tuscaloosa (1928). From 1930 to 1959, two branches were added in each of the three decades: Marion (1936), Mobile (1936), Decatur (1944), Huntsville (1949), Jasper (1953), and Scottsboro (1959). In the 1960's, four other branches, Jacksonville (1964), Troy (1965), Tuskegee (1965), and Enterprise (1969) were added. The Enterprise branch disbanded in 2002 and the Tuscaloosa and Jacksonville branches in 2005, leaving a total to thirteen branches in the state.