1979:  National Council of Women’s Health is founded by Lila Wallis, MD. It is headquartered at the Weill-Cornell Medical Center in New York City. The mission is to promote Women's Health.

1980: NCWH begins a series of Women's Health Days to promote awareness.

1981: NCWH convenes the First Symposium on Women's Health, attended by several hundred physicians and women.

1983: The Second Symposium convenes.

1989: The Third Symposium convenes.

1990: NCWH begins Mothers and Daughters Race Against Teen Smoking (MADRATS) to raise awareness of this epidemic.

1994: MADRATs participation burgeons into the thousands, NCWH partners with the New York RoadRunners Club.

1998: NCWH convenes the Fourth Symposium on Women's Health with several thousand attendees.

1999: NCWH establishes the Shirley Sacks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women's Health.

2001: NCWH begins community outreach with programs in underprivileged communities to teach seniors about healthy living.

2004: NCWH campaigns against teen obesity with the Girls Get Healthy Program, with one school in East Harlem. The program module consists of nutrition, sexual health, exercise, and dance classes conducted on school premises.

2005: NCWH awards Gloria Steinem the Shirley Sacks Award.

2007: Girls Get Healthy! expands to 10 schools in four boroughs of New York City.

2008-2011: NCWH launches in-school sex education workshops for girls in kindergarten through 12th grade at affiliated schools.