Thread by @RBGPatronus

1/Who is the @AAUW and why is the candidate questionnaire from @NapervilleAAUW important to the upcoming municipal elections for #mayor and #citycouncil in #naperville?

2/AAUW stands for American Association of University Women, which was founded in 1881 by a small group of female college graduates focused on opening doors for women’s career advancement & to encourage more women to pursue higher education

3/The AAUW is a contemporary of Naperville itself… Joseph Naper is credited with founding Naperville along the DuPage River in 1831 & was elected the president of the board when the village of Naperville was incorporated in 1857. Naperville organized as a city in 1890

4/the AAUW has published hundreds of research reports, from an 1885 paper disproving a prevailing myth that college impairs a woman’s fertility to, most recently, a study documenting the economic impact of workplace sexual harassment.

5/AAUW advocacy efforts led to new laws, including the Equal Pay Act, Title IX amendment, FMLA, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and the Paycheck Fairness Act (pending action in the Senate)

6/AAUW Naperville is an branch of the AAUW & focuses on policy important to achieving equity for women & girls, offers community programs, supports women’s economic security thru scholarships to attain higher education and Work Smart online salary & promotion negotiation training

7/if you go to their website, you can read the bios of 6 women benefitting from @NapervilleAAUW scholarships naperville-il.aauw.net/2021/06/14/are…

8/AAUW Naperville invited all mayoral & city council candidates the opportunity to respond to their questionnaire which was published for voters. Shockingly, only one mayoral candidate responded: @bennynaperville. Scott Wehrli and Tiffany Stephens did not. naperville-il.aauw.net/files/2023/02/…

9/on the city council side, Nag Jaiswal, Josh McBroom, Nate Wilson took a pass. naperville-il.aauw.net/files/2023/02/…

10/just over 50% of Naperville’s residents are women. Stunning decision by a handful of candidates to blow off responding to a 3 question questionnaire for an organization that exists to promote equity for women & girls

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