Meeting IMLS Director--Susan Hildreth, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, left, discusses AWWNM with Janice Law, AWWNM Director.

VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Ilene Gutman, right, development director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. mentored Law toward establishing AWWNM. Wilhelmina Cole founded NMWA in 1981.

A GENEROUS GIFT OF TIME--From left, Janice Law meets with Fulbright & Jaworski attorneys Sarah Devine, Erik Swenson and Esther Quartarone in Washington, D.C. The F&J Pro Bono Committee assisted Law and her husband Don Jansen in preparing the 501 (c) (3) (non-profit organization) paperwork for the American Women Writers National Museum in D.C.

BEST OF THE BEST: Janice Law gets tips for AWWNM from Dr. Thomas Staley, Director of the renowned Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin.

THE STAR & THE ACOLYTE: Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, left, gives networking tips to acolyte Janice Law at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore which Hoffberger founded in 1995 to showcase "outsider" art by self-taught artists. Some AVAM pieces are in the background.

Trade Marking of AWWNM -- Janice Law, left, meets in Washington, D.C. with Fulbright & Jaworski trademark attorneys Paul Williamson and Tracy DeMarco, who contributed pro bono legal services.