The Society of Women Engineers, founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization in the United States. SWE has over 37,000 members in nearly 100 professional sections and 300 student sections throughout the United States.

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• Empowers women to achieve their goals within a science, technology, engineering, or math driven career

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• It is the driving force that establishes these careers to be highly desirable for women.

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• It’s important since it establishes and recognizes the achievements that women have within these traditionally male dominated fields