One Voice. One Vision.
“NWVU Stronger Than Before In 2024”
OneVoiceOneVision.org has expanded its purpose to educate private citizens and public officials and engage them in supporting the women who have served, are serving, and plan to serve in the United States Military!
One Voice. One Vision.
“NWVU Stronger Than Before In 2024”
OneVoiceOneVision.org has expanded its purpose to educate private citizens and public officials and engage them in supporting the women who have served, are serving, and plan to serve in the United States Military!
Welcome to the
National Women Veterans United
One Voice One Vision.
Resiliency Is The Cure For Every Challenge
Headquartered in the only military women veterans Center in the state of Illinois, and one of few across the nation, Sgt. Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center in Chicago, the National Women Veterans United (NWVU) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose membership comprises women who are military veterans or currently enlisted in the Armed Forces, including the National Guards and Reserves, regardless of race, color, age, religion, or sexual orientation.
How NWVU is Engaged in Helping to
Educate and Empower America’s Women Veterans
For our non-military friends and families: Why is the NWVU needed more than ever?
When most people think of veterans, they usually don’t think about the countless women who have sacrificed to serve. Even though women have been serving in the military since the Revolutionary War.
In addition to being the fastest-growing group in the veteran population, women veterans are also the fastest-growing group in the homeless population and four times more likely to become homeless than their male peers. Women veterans, in general, face significant economic and housing challenges, and those veterans who are single mothers are particularly vulnerable.
How You Can Get Engaged
We encourage private citizens and public officials to engage in our efforts to empower, connect, and protect the women who have served, are serving, or plan to serve in the United States Armed Forces.
National Women Veterans United membership is open to Active Duty, Guard, Reserve, Retirees and Veterans.
Sgt. Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center
The National Women Veterans United Sgt. Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center mission is to provide personalized services to women veterans, focusing on issues women can experience, including being homeless with children.
Our Gold Star Families are a vital part of our nation’s military community, and we are dedicated to honoring their sacrifice. The title of “Gold Star Family” is reserved for families of military members who have died in the line of duty. It is meant to honor the service member’s ultimate sacrifice while acknowledging their family’s loss, grief and continued healing.
Sgt. Simone A. Robinson Military Women Veteran’s Center is the only military women veterans Center in the state of Illinois, and one of few across the nation. The Center is named after a female soldier who was 21 years old when deployed to Afghanistan when she made the ultimate sacrifice, leaving behind a 2 year old daughter at the time and family.
Sergeant Robinson, a member of Illinois Army National Guard’s 634th Brigade Support Battalion, headquartered in Sullivan, Illinois, died March 1, 2009 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near her security post on Jan. 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. She was a single mother from Chicago when she died.