National League of American Pen Women

[1] The first meeting of the League of American Pen Women was organized in 1897 by Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue, a writer for newspapers in Washington D.C. and Boston.

Together with Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton they established a "progressive press union" for the women writers of Washington.

"[2] Seventeen women joined them at first, professional credentials were required for membership and the ladies determined that Pen Women should always be paid for their work.

"[2] In 1921, with 5,000 members,[3] Mrs. William Atherton du Puy (née Ada Lee Orme[4] also Mrs. Ada Lee Orme du Puy),[3] was National President (for two years[5]) of the League of American Pen Women, and the association became The National League of American Pen Women with thirty-five local branches, in Syracuse, NY, Tampa, Denver,[6] Minnesota, and various states.

[2] William Atherton du Puy[7] (1876-1941) was a New York Times reporter,[8] author,[9][10][11] and "press agent" of Ray Lyman Wilbur as United States Secretary of the Interior.