The WNBA: Connecting, educating, advocating and leading since 1917!
The Women’s National Book Association was established in 1917 and celebrated the organization’s centennial in 2017 with a series of literary events nationwide.
The WNBA is a vibrant, broad-based non-profit with 11 active chapters and over 800 members across the country, three distinguished national awards, and a history of lively events in chapter cities and elsewhere.
The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) is a professional literary organization dedicated to supporting women and marginalized voices in the literary world; fighting against censorship; creating community around books; educating about books and the book industry, promoting literacy, and providing professional development.
A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, WNBA exists to connect, educate, advocate and lead in the literary community.
In New York City on October 29, 1917, two days after the large women’s suffrage march on Fifth Avenue, a group of female booksellers met for the first time.
Excluded from joining the all-male booksellers’ organizations and spurred by the fight for women’s right to vote, they banded together to fight for equality for women.
And so the original WNBA, the Women’s National Book Association, was formed. Since then, WNBA has been dedicated to supporting women and marginalized voices in the literary world.