The New York Society of Women Artists (NYSWA) was founded in 1920 and devoted to avant garde women artists. The original organization had twenty-three painters and sculptors.
From its founding, all the artists in the Society were recognized as professionals. Early founders included Minna Harkavy, Henrietta Shore, Bena Frank Meyer, and others. Four of the original members participated in The Armory Show; some were members of the Whitney Studio Club and the Society of Independent Artists. The original members earned Guggenheim Fellowships and Prix de Rome; six members participated in the Federal Arts Program established during the New Deal.
Critical response to the exhibitions was overwhelmingly favorable and a review in Art News described the group as a "battalion of Amazons that is surely unbeatable."
A 1987 show at New York's ACA Gallery commemorated the organization with an exhibit and catalogue.
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