Following incorporation, the Grand Lodge held annual conventions to promote social and cultural exchange among members of the various lodges and to conduct business related to maintaince of the modest fraternal burial fund for the benefit of individual members. The business of the conventions was conducted in Norwegian.

On July 10, 1910, the Sons of Norway of the Pacific Coast (SNPC) merged with the larger (eastern) Sons of Norway, based in Mineapolis, Minnesota. Most of the SNPC lodges became units in districts #1 (AK, ID, OR, WA), #6 (AZ, CA, CO, NV, UT) and #7 (BC) of the Sons of Norway. Also in 1910 the Sons of Norway began to admit women in direct competition with the Daughters of Norway (DN, predominantly midwestern and eastern provinces and states) and the Daughters of Norway of the Pacific Coast (DNPC, predominantly western provinces and states). In response to this encroachment, DNPC organized 21 lodges in the western states and provinces between 1909 and 1914.

In 1918 no DNPC convention was held because of privations of World War I. The Kingdom of Norway maintained neutrality during that war, but the DNPC members and lodges were active supporting the American Red Cross and other relief agencies. In 1926 the DNPC conventions were changed to bienniel.

As an ongoing part of the amalgamation with the Sons of Norway, several DNPC lodges disbanded or merged with the Sons in 1919. These lodges included Camilla Collett #5 of Bellingham, Washington; Eva Nansen #11 of Vancouver, British Columbia; Thelma #12 of Hoquiam, Washington; Helga #14 of Aberdeen, Washington; Norrøna #17 of Anacortes, Washington; Sæterjenten #22 of New Westminister, British Columbia, Canada; and Ingeborg #24 of Stanwood, Washington.

This merging continued in the 1920's and early 1930's with the loss of Freya Lodge #3 of Spokane, Washington, in 1923; Fylke Lodge #6 of Portland, Oregon, in 1928; Solveig Lodge #8 of Eureka, California, in 1928; Aase Lodge #15 of Los Angeles, California, in 1928; Nordlys Lodge #19 of Great Falls, Montana, by 1930; Soglimt Lodge #21 of Anaconda, Montana, by 1930; and Thyra Lodge #16 of South Bend, Washington, by 1932. Most of these lodges were quite small and had difficulty maintianing a critical mass to promote the DNPC social and cultural agendas.

At the 17th Convention held 12 June 1930, The Grand Lodge approved that women married to Norwegian men of Norwegian ancestry, can become members of lodges of Daughters of Norway, regardless of nationality. There was also a proposal to translate the installation ceremonies into English which was approved in those cases where the candidate does not understand Norwegian.

Countering the trend of lost lodges, the DNPC gained an entire lodge in 1931: Thelma Lodge #26 of Everett, Washington. This lodge was founded in 1908 as part of the midwestern Daughters of Norway and was the only western lodge founded by them. The lodge had the designation #26 in both the Daughters of Norway from 1908 to 1931 and the Daughters of Norway of the Pacific Coast from 1931 to present.

Only four other lodges were added to the DNPC between 1915 and 1984. These were Camilla Collett Lodge #25 of Silvania, Washington, in 1923; Lyngblomsten Lodge #27 of Aberdeen, Washington, in 1938; Crown Princess Martha Lodge #28 of Hayward, California, in 1956; and Sonja Henie Lodge #29 of Reno, Nevada, in 1971.

At the 18^th Grand Lodge Convention held July 2, 1932, the Memorial Service was established to be held for all deceased members.

At the 20^th Daughters of Norway of the Pacific Coast Convention on August 6-8, 1936, at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, Washington, the delegates approved the translation of the Ritual and Constitution into English. They also approved the founding of a newspaper to improve communication among the lodges and between the Grand Lodge board and their constituents. Inga Frodesen of Valkyrien Lodge #1 in Seattle was chosen as the first editor, and the first issue of the Døtre av Norge was published on December 15, 1936, in Norwegian. Prior to and during World War II, Marie Berlund and Haldis Baarstad were each guest editors of Døtre av Norge for a short time, while Inga Frodesen was away.

At the 23rd Convention of the Grand Lodge of the Daughters of Norway on November 6, 1942, "...the lodges that find it necessary to use the English language in their meetings are allowed to do so, even though the Norwegian language will still be the official language of the Daughters of Norway."

In 1950 the midwestern Daughters of Norway voted to merge its entire organization with the Sons of Norway. However, at the bienniel Daughters of Norway of the Pacific Coast convention in June 1950, the delegates soundly defeated a similar measure. They did approve a change of the official language of conventions from Norwegian to English.

On July 20, 1956, the Daughters of Norway of the Pacific Coast convention voted to drop "of the Pacific Coast" from the organization's name and refile the name of the corporation as "Daughters of Norway." Adelaine Sather, Grand Lodge President, and Helene Villesvik, Grand Lodge Secretary, submitted the amended Articles of Incorporation to the Washington State Secretary of State on August 29, 1956.

In the 1950s, The Daughters of Norway convention voted to stop offering the meager death benefit ($50) to new members as they joined. By the early 1970s, the organization had cashed out all death benefits for all older members. At that point the corporation stopped having any role as a fraternal benefit society, like the Sons of Norway, and became completely cultural and social in function.

In an attempt to modernize the operations of the lodges between 1985 and 2002, several changes were made in procedures and organization of the Daughters of Norway.

• The blackball system of voting for new members in the lodges was dropped in favor of a simple yes/no vote. Later that was changed so that any qualified member could join.
• Pass words were dropped from usage at lodge meetings.
• Many lodges now have open meetings to which one may invite family, prospective members and other guests. The atmosphere of the meetings has generally become more relaxed.
• A new category of membership was added, the Associate Member, so women who live away from an organized lodge can become members and receive the newspaper.
• Beginning in 1995, the newspaper, Døtre av Norge was revamped and increased in scope to include more articles of cultural or historical interest.

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