The National Association of Women Artists has a Wikipedia presence which you see here.

In the Wikipedia post, you can begin to read about some of the history of NAWA from its founding in 1889. Where you will also read that NAWA has changed its name a few times over the years. From 1889 until 1913 NAWA was named the Women’s Art Club of New York. Then, with the goal of expanding, it was renamed the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors from 1913 until 1942 when it expanded its recognition of a wider variety of artistic mediums and became the National Association of Women Artists.

Contributed by the NAWA Historical Research Committee