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)