List of women's associations

Women's associations fall under wide and diverse set of categories, yet they all have a unified goal - helping women.

It would be almost impossible to track history of the earliest women's association, but an endeavor can be made to list the most noteworthy organizations with a mission to help women in various sectors of their lives. The following is an incomplete list of notable national and International women's associations.

Business and professional

• American Business Women's Association
• Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)
• The National Association of Women in Construction
• National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)
• National Association of Women Business Owners
• Association for Women in Science
• Society of Women Engineers
• International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)

Academic

• American Association of University Women

Health and medical

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
• American Medical Women's Association