The National League of American Pen Women is made up of women who have demonstrated creative talents in art, letters, and music composition. There are over 250 branches of Pen Women throughout the United States. In some states, there are state associations of affiliated branches.

The mission of the League is to encourage the production of creative work of professional standard in art, letters, and music and to provide activities, and educational, creative, and professional support to non-members in those fields via outreach. The League is a not-for-profit organization. The League is strategically headquartered near the center of the nation's capital in the Pen Arts building, a historic home once occupied by the son of Abraham Lincoln

Barbara Chamberlain will be President of NorCal for the next two years.

Chapter activities:

Our meetings are the first Saturday of each month from October through June.

We have a celebrity luncheon the first Saturday in February honoring local women writers, artists and composers. The proceeds of this luncheon are used for scholarships for senior high school women in the arts.

We have one field trip and a special membership meeting honoring those women who were honored at the Celebrity Luncheon.