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1300 17th Street NW View on Google Maps
Washington, DC 20009

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Our members are journalists, painters, choreographers, sculptors, illustrators, songwriters, poets — just to mention a few of the creative fields we encompass. Throughout our history of 120-plus years, active NLAPW members such as Vinnie Ream, Eudora Welty, Pearl Buck, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amy Beach, and Carrie Jacobs Bond have illustrated how deep, strong, and meaningful the contribution of women’s voices, minds and hands are to the arts.

Today, the NLAPW has 81 branches in 35 states and many members-at-large. There are over 1,600 professional women artists, writers, composers, and choreographer members of the League, some in large cities such as New York, Atlanta, the San Francisco Bay area, and Honolulu; and others in rural areas, such as Vermont, the Dakotas, and Hawaii. From Mississippi Delta public schools to Boca Raton women’s correctional facilities, from Hawaii’s Girls Court to after-school centers in Washington, D.C., Pen Women have experienced first-hand the personal enrichment that comes from arts engagement.

Nearby Dining

  • The Doyle Bar1500 New Hampshire Avenue NW (0.3 miles NW)
  • Heurich House Museum1307 New Hampshire Ave NW (0.3 miles W)
  • The Pembroke1500 New Hampshire Avenue NW (0.3 miles NW)
  • Boogy and Peel1 Dupont Circle NW (0.3 miles NW)
  • Nearby Shopping

  • CVS Pharmacy6 Dupont Circle NW (0.3 miles NW)
  • Alton Lane D.C1506 19th Street NW (0.3 miles NW)
  • JF Books1509 Connecticut Avenue NW (0.4 miles NW)
  • Kramer Books1517 Connecticut Avenue NW (0.4 miles NW)
  • Nearby Services

  • The Viva Center1633 Q Street NW (0.3 miles N)
  • Arynne Crane, Real Estate Agent11 Dupont Circle NW (0.3 miles NW)
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Dupont Circle11 Dupont Circle NW (0.3 miles NW)
  • Bank of America1 Dupont Circle NW (0.3 miles NW)