A Republican Wrote The 19th Amendment Giving Women The Right To Vote
In 1878, U.S. Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduced in Congress the proposed 19th Amendment according women the right to vote. Over the next four decades, it was primarily the Democrats who would oppose the measure.
Not until 1919, after the Republican Party won majorities in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, did Congress approve what became the 19th Amendment.
The story of Republican women's clubs begins many years before women even had the right to vote.
Hundreds of independent Republican women’s clubs grew up around the nation in the late 1800s. In 1938, the Republican National Committee helped to organize these clubs into a national organization. Eleven states became the charter states of NFRW - California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Learn more.
Our local club was one of those first clubs. We've been here since 1938.
Today, the NFRW consists of thousands of active members in local clubs across the nation and in several U.S. territories.
We are proud to be part of the California Federation of Republican Women (CFRW), and the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW), the largest women’s political volunteer organization in the nation.
◼ NFRW: National Federation of Republican Women
◼ History: GOP Accomplishments
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