Pacific Coast Women's Press Association

Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
AbbreviationPCWPA
FormationSeptember 27, 1890
FounderEmelie Tracy Y. Swett
Dissolved1941
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
President
Main organ
The Impress

Pacific Coast Women's Press Association (PCWPA; September 27, 1890 - 1941) was a press organization for women located on the West Coast of the United States. Discussions were not permitted regarding politics, religion, or reform. The members of the association took on causes related to certain public improvements in the way of roads, streets, parks, libraries, village improvement societies, free exhibits of county resources, the suppression of criminal details of sensational cases in newspapers, the suppression of criminal advertising, and school development. To facilitate the work, the association issued printed monographs.