As it unites member clubs, the Federation’s goals is to encourage women to improve their skills, expand their rights, and apply their abilities and special sensitivity to the problems of their communities and nations.  Although clubs were originally founded as a means of self-education and development for women, gradually the emphasis changed to community service.            

 

GFWC areas of activity include the arts, conservation, education, home life, international affairs, and public affairs, as well as other special projects.  The Federation has a distinguished record of activity on issues of historical importance and this legacy is continued today.             

 

The banding together of existing clubs in the early 1890s has become an international organization of community-based volunteers in thousands of clubs in all 50 states, plus U.S. territories and foreign countries.