Complex sentence: The organization has its roots in developments within the German and American women's movements and in growth of Women's Studies as an area of academic inquiry in the 1970s, developed during informal meetings of feminist Germanists at the annual conventions of the MLA and AATG.
Split into simpler sentences: The organization has its roots in developments within the German and American women's movements and in growth of Women's Studies as an area of academic inquiry in the 1970s. Developed during informal meetings of feminist Germanists at the annual conventions of the MLA and AATG.