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Former NFRW Presidents

 

Marion E. Martin of Maine -  Founder

Joyce Arneill of Colorado -  President, 1939-40

Judy Weis of New York -  President, 1941-42

Marie Suthers of Illinois -  President, 1943-46

Peggy Green of Massachusetts -  President, 1947-48

Elizabeth Farrington of Hawaii -  President, 1949-52

Nora Kearns of Pennsylvania -  President, 1953-56

Mary Catherine Gibson of Michigan -  President, 1957-60

Ruth Parks of Colorado - President, 1961-62

Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis of Delaware -  President, 1963-67

Gladys O'Donnell of California -  President, 1968-71

Constance Dean Armitage of South Carolina -  President, 1972-75

Patricia Hutar of Illinois -  President, 1976-77

Betty Green Heitman of Louisiana -  President, 1978-80

Betty Rendel of Indiana -  President, 1981-85

Speech to the Republican National Convention, August 20, 1984 [C-SPAN VIDEO]

Judy Hughes of Colorado -  President, 1986-89

Speech to the Republican National Convention, August 15, 1988 [C-SPAN VIDEO]

Huda Jones of Kentucky -  President, 1990-93

Speech to the Republican National Convention, August 18, 1992 [C-SPAN VIDEO]

Charlotte Mousel of California -  President, 1994-95

Marilyn Thayer of Louisiana -  President, 1996-97

Speech to the Republican National Convention, August 12, 1996 [C-SPAN VIDEO]

Mary Jo Arndt of Illinois -  President, 1998-99

Marian Miller of Indiana -  President, 2000-01

Speech to the Republican National Convention, July 31, 2000 [C-SPAN VIDEO]

Heidi Smith of Nevada -  President, 2002-03

Dianne Thompson of Texas -  President, 2004-05

Beverly Davis of Utah -  President, 2006-07

Shirley Sadler of Ohio -  President, 2008-09

Sue Lynch of Wisconsin -  President, 2010-11

Rae Lynne Chornenky of Arizona -  President, 2012-13

Speech to the Republican National Convention, August 28, 2012 [C-SPAN VIDEO]

Kathy Brugger of California -  President, 2014-15

Carrie Almond of Missouri -  President, 2016-17

Speech to the Republican National Convention, July 18, 2016 [YOUTUBE VIDEO]

Jody Rushton of Texas -  President, 2018-19

Ann Schockett of New York - President, 2020-21

Eileen Sobjack of Washington - President, 2022-23