A group for African American students, called the Association of Deans of Women and Advisers to Girls in Negro Colleges and Schools, was formed by 1935.
After World War II the association advocated and lobbied organisations and higher learning institutions to retain and hire women in policy-making positions.
[2] In 1956 then president Eunice Hilton announced that the organisation was being renamed to the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors.
By 1973, however, the organisation had decided to broaden its scope to other educational professions following the enactment of Title IX, renaming to the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors and began allowing men to join.
[2] It left behind considerable funding to continue to support the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders.