In August 1973, the APA Council of Representatives voted to establish a continuing Committee on Women in Psychology. Over the last five decades, CWP has been at the forefront of issues affecting women in psychology.
In 2023, the committee is commemorating its 50th anniversary with a yearlong celebration.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, current and former members and staff for the Committee on Women in Psychology kicked off the 50th anniversary with a cross-generational conversation reflecting on over five decades of activism and paying homage to those who paved the way for current and future generations.
Forty Years of Committee on Women in Psychology
Members of the Committee on Women in Psychology task forces over the last thirty years, from the 1972 Task Force on the Status of Women in Psychology and the 1973 Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women in Psychology, to the existing Committee on Women in Psychology originally formed in 1974.
52 Resolutions and Motions Regarding the Status of Women in Psychology: Chronicling 30 Years of Passion and Progress (PDF, 296KB)opens in new window
Actions taken by APA's Council of Representatives regarding employment, education, child and health care facilities, psychological theories and practice, conventions, equity in decision-making and the general status of women.
Two Decades of Change (PDF, 505KB)opens in new window
The CWP Twentieth Anniversary Report includes information on their involvement in issues such as ethnic minority women, nonsexist language and research, the Equal Rights Amendment, reproductive freedom, lesbian issues and more.