About the WHC

Governance

The Washington Women’s History Consortium (WHC) is a new initiative created by the Washington State Legislature in 2005. The WHC is part of the Washington State Historical Society and is located in the State Capital Museum and Outreach Center in Olympia. The Consortium is advised by a 15 member board appointed by the Washington State Legislature and the Governor.

Current RCWs

• RCW 27.34.360 WHC Created
• RCW 27.34.365 WHC Board of Advisors
• RCW 27.34.370 Responsibilities of Board of Advisors
• (1) ==> Organizational and fiscal planning, management, and oversight;
• (2) ==> Adopting criteria and procedures for consortium membership and member responsibilities;
• (3) ==> Identifying short-term and long-term priorities of the consortium, with special emphasis on short-term priorities relating to preserving historical information from the last several decades before it is lost;
• (4) ==> Appointing special committees and task forces including people from consortium members and nonmembers to assist with the consortium's tasks; and
• (5) ==> Developing recommendations for statewide commemoration of the centennial of the adoption in 1910 of the fifth amendment to the Washington state Constitution, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
• RCW 27.34.375 Responsibilities
• RCW 27.34.380 Report to the legislature

Contributors

• Advisory Board
• Participants