Kansas Republican Womens Series 1930: Republican Women’s Clubs- Starting around 1880, hundreds of independent local Republican women’s clubs grew up around Kansas and the nation. In 1930, Kansas organized its Republican Women’s Clubs under one statewide network. The first statewide president was Stella B. Haines (1876-1963) (Pictured). She was from Butler County and served two terms in the Kansas House from 1927 to 1930, was a delegate to the national convention in 1928, was deputy state oil inspector from 1929 to 1931, in 1930 she was the Republican candidate for Congress from the 8th District (we had 8 seats back then), and served as secretary for the State Party in 1928 & 1930. In 1938, Marion Martin, Vice-Chair of the RNC, called a meeting in Chicago to organize these clubs into a national organization. Eleven states were the original members and by 1940 there were 34 member states. Today, the NFRW (National Federated Republican Women) consists of thousands of active members in local clubs across the nation. There are dozens of active clubs across Kansas. The goals remain to encourage women’s participation in the governing of our nation, to elect Republicans to office at all levels, and to promote public awareness of the issues that shape America. Biennial national conventions have been held in cities across the nation, with political luminaries attending. They know that these women are key GOP grassroots activists.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:39:49 +0000
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