Kansas Federation of Repbulican Women
State President - Becky Johnson



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PRESIDENT'S BIOGRAPHY 

         
click SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS
KFRW Chair Roberta Tessendorf
How can your Clubs support our service men and women?
Please contact Roberta at: rtess314@sbcglobal.net
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NEW! NFRW MAGAZINE ONLINE!!
http://www.nfrw.org/programs/magazine/index.html
 NOTE! Many clubs print a copy for members that do not have online
computer access,  or have one or two copies available at
Luncheons or Meeting Events.
  If you do not have computer access and would like a copy please
let one of our club Presidents know. 
KANSAS FEDERATION HISTORY
The Kansas Federation affiliated with the National Federation of Republican Women in 1939 and was divided into five districts with 45 clubs. Margaret Hill McCarter, a prominent Kansas write, is credited with founding the first Republican Women's club in Kansas.
According to state history, Kansas was the fourth state to have such an organization.
Today, KFRW has 4 districts (the same as the U S House of Representative Districts). The annual meeting of KFRW is held each year in conjunction with Kansas Day activities the last weekend in January. The spring board meeting is held in May or June and the Fall meeting is held in October or November. New officers are installed every other year in the even number years.

Each district holds a spring meeting and a fall meeting. Club members help staff the county and state headquarters, host candidate's forums, assist with voter registration and grassroots work and participate in state Republican campaigns. Many clubs have members who will pick up voters and take them to the polls on election day.

The Kansas Federation provides community service through Kids Voting Program, scholarships, literacy programs, Veterans Day and Memorial Day services and be issuing letters to high school seniors urging them to register to vote and become politically active. Kansas clubs are also involved in Caring for America projects from Easter Baskets for disadvantages children to goodie boxes to support our troops and everything in between.

The clubs are also very involved in the Mamie Eisenhower Literacy Program and the Barbara Bush Literacy Action Program by donating books to schools, libraries and other institutions within their counties.

In 2005 KFRW started a Scholarship Fund to be able to provide a scholarship each year to a young woman who is a college junior or senior majoring in Political Science, Public Administration or History. They must be a Kansas resident attending a Kansas college or university. The fund was established through the Greater Salina Community Foundation and all contributions are tax deductible. To make a contribution, please make your check payable to Greater Salina Community Foundation, c/o Brenda R. Smith, 1922 Foxtail, Salina, KS 67401.

Past Presidents
Brenda Smith, 2006-2010
Bette R. Lessen, 2004-05
Zelma Sully, 2002-03
Barbara Wells, 2000-01 A
lberta Brinkman, 1998-99
Marteena Newcomb, 1996-97
Darlene Westover, 1994-95
Jeanne Goodvin, 1992-93
Mary Compton, 1990-91
Selma Steele, 1988-89
Frances Speer, 1986-87
Shirley Rausch, 1984-85
Joan Rorabaugh, 1982-83
Zelma Corson, 1980-81
Margaret Ruff, 1978-79
 Bernice Hyland, 1976-77
June Trombla, 1974-75
Helen Kuhlmann, 1972-73
Joan Baker, 1970-71
Lenore Duffy, 1968-69
Bula Lemert, 1967
Lula K. Baum, 1966-67
Lahoma Dennis, 1964-65
Lena Jones Merwin, 1962-63
Mrs. Harold Medill, 1960-61
Mrs. Claude E. Jurney, 1957-59
 Mrs. Frank D. Belinder, 1955-57
Mrs. Paul Edgar, 1953-1955
Mrs. Joe R. Beeler, 1951-53
Mrs. A.J. Murray, 1949-51
Mrs. Grant Watson, 1947-49
Mrs. Ferdinand Violand Jr., 1945-47
Mrs. W.Y. Herrick, 1943-45
Mrs. E.C. Harris, 1943
Mrs. Ella Ruehmann Balderson, 1941-43
Miss Nannie Bingham, 1939-1941
Mrs. Edwin F. Ables, 1937-1939
Mrs. Katherine Graham Lathrop, 1936-37
Mrs. W.Y. Morgan, 1933-36
Mrs. Ben Nickel, 1931-33
Stella B. Haines, 1930-1931 (founding) 

LOCAL CLUBS
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