It was founded in 1971, following discussions in 1969 and 1970 at the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association, with Donna Brogan as its first president.
[3] CWS envisions a world where women in the profession of statistics have equal opportunity and access to influence policies and decisions in workplaces, governments, and communities.
The Caucus is a "sister organization" to the Association for Women in Mathematics, which was founded at the same time as CWS.
[3][4] Since 2001, its activities have also included jointly sponsoring the Florence Nightingale David Award with the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.
[2] CWS hosts its own conference every year on the second Tuesday of October, celebrating International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDS - idwsds.org).