National FRW
Sue Lynch, President
nfrw.org
New Mexico FRW
Elaine Miller, President
www.nmfrw.org

There are 20 FRWs in New
Mexico.  Find a link to each
club's website
here.  
Republican Woman
Magazin
e recently featured
New Mexico's own Governor
Martinez along with Governors
Nikki Haley (South Carolina),
Jan Brewer (Arizona) and Mary
Fallin (Oklahoma).
Mission

Founded in 1938, the National Federation of Republican Women is a grassroots
political organization with thousands of active members in local clubs across the
nation and in several U.S. territories, making it one of the largest and most influential
women's political organizations in the country. We work to promote the principles,
objectives and policies of the Republican Party; elect Republican candidates; inform
the public through political education and activity; and, increase the effectiveness of
women in the cause of good government.

Once an auxiliary of the Republican National Committee (RNC), the NFRW is
financially and organizationally independent today.

The NFRW uses its resources to:

  •  Promote an informed public through political education and activity;
  •  Increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government;
  •  Facilitate cooperation among the National and state Federations of  
     Republican women's clubs;
  •  Foster loyalty to the Republican Party and promote its principles and
     candidates in all elections, including non-partisan elections; and,
  • Support Republican objectives and policies and work for the election of   
    Republican nominees.

In working toward these objectives, the NFRW concentrates its efforts in the areas
of educating, communicating, recruiting, campaigning, fundraising, training and
legislative action.

Membership

A Republican woman becomes a member by joining her local club or through a
national associate membership. Members of a local club also are granted
membership in their state Federation. State Federations are chartered under the
auspices of the NFRW but operate under their own bylaws. Although independent,
state Federation bylaws must not conflict with the NFRW Bylaws.   

Headquarters    

The NFRW's national headquarters are located at:
124 N. Alfred Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Telephone: 703.548.9688
Fax: 703.548.9836
E-mail: mail@nfrw.org  
Web site: www.nfrw.org

Capsule History      

The NFRW was founded at a conference held at Chicago's Palmer House in 1938.
With the encouragement of Republican National Committee Chairman John D. M.
Hamilton, it was organized under the direction of Marion E. Martin, then assistant
chairman of the Republican National Committee and National Committeewoman for
Maine.

The organization originally was known as the National Federation of Women's
Republican Clubs of America (NFWRC), but the name was changed in January
1953 to the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW). At the time of
organization in 1938, local clubs totaling 95,000 members had applied for
affiliation.  
The National Federation of
Republican Women