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NAWHSL History
NAWHSL is rich with history
NAWHSL supported the first Decade 2011-2020 and that we support the new Decade 2021-2030
NAWHSL was the first national organization to support the Decade for Bella Dinh Zarr when she was over the FIA Foundation, and NAWHSL also supported the new Decade although we couldn’t do a big kickoff due to COVID.
Jeannie Glasgow, Historian
Jennie Glasgow, NAWHSL Historian
Jennie joined the Georgia Association of Women Highway Safety Leaders in 1969 when she moved to Atlanta and started the first Safety Belt Education in the nation, www.beeabuckler.org.
That makes Jennie the longest-tenured active NAWHSL member and the logical “oldest kid on the block.”
NAWHSL was founded after the “National Conference of Women Community Leaders for Highway Safety,” sponsored by the National Association of Counties. In November 1967, the conference was funded by the Allstate Foundation and Agnes Beaton, Director of the Women’s Division for Allstate, became the founder of this association.
The delegates attending the 1967 conference were appointed by their respective governors and were recognized leaders in their states. This conference followed the establishment of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which was signed into law in October 1966.
This year we are commemorating our 54th year of service, and NAWHSL is still dedicated to traffic safety education at the state and community level. Members are appointed by their respective state governors or Governor’s Highway Safety Representative and maybe men or women active in the traffic safety field. Members are currently from professions such as the states’ offices of highway safety, National Safety Council associates, Operation Lifesaver state coordinators, AAA staff, State Departments of Education, and volunteers.
The annual leadership conference highlights how model programs approach traffic safety issues and gives members tools to improve safety in their home states.
The delegates attending the 1967 conference were appointed by their respective governors and were recognized leaders in their states. This conference followed the establishment of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which was signed into law in October 1966.
This year we are commemorating our 54th year of service, and NAWHSL is still dedicated to traffic safety education at the state and community level. Members are appointed by their respective state governors or Governor’s Highway Safety Representative and maybe men or women active in the traffic safety field. Members are currently from professions such as the states’ offices of highway safety, National Safety Council associates, Operation Lifesaver state coordinators, AAA staff, State Departments of Education, and volunteers.
The annual leadership conference highlights how model programs approach traffic safety issues and gives members tools to improve safety in their home states.
(L to R) Agnes Beaton and Jennie Glasgow
Agnes Beaton at the 2001 NAWHSL Conference. Jeannie Glasgow was presenting Agnes with the Patriotic Beanie Baby from all of the NAWHSL members for her extraordinary patriotism!
Past Presidents:
National Association of Women
Highway Safety Leaders, Inc.
