Misconceptions About Republican Women

Downtown Los Angeles both The Criminal Courts Building, built in 1972, and the historical Continental Building, built in 1904, have significant ties to Southern California’s contribution to California passing the right to vote for women in 1911. An effort which had failed fifteen years prior, and which would take another nine years until the 19th amendment gave women across the country the right to vote in 1920.

Republican John Hyde Braly of Pasadena founded the “Political Equality League” to focus on getting women the right to vote in California. He was builder/owner of the Continental Building then known as “Braly Block”. The twelve-story building, with a Beaux-Arts style tower, was the first sky-scraper in Los Angeles, and until the late 1950’s was the city's tallest office high-rise.

The other major force, to secure women’s voting rights, was through “Votes for Women Club” organized by Republican Clara Shortridge Foltz. The Criminal Courts Building, in 2002, was renamed the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. She was also the first female lawyer on the west coast of the United States

According to “WeAreRepublicanWomen.org” at the request of Susan B. Anthony, Senator A.A. Sargent, a Republican from California, introduced the 19th Amendment. Sargent’s amendment (also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment) was defeated four times by a Democrat-controlled Senate. When the Republican Party regained control of Congress in 1920, the Equal Suffrage Amendment finally passed the House in August of that year and in the Senate in June

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, stood up against discrimination in 1884 when, with a paid first-class ticket for the train from Memphis to Nashville refused to be seated in the segregated “at the back” car; she stood up against lynching in 1898; in 1913, at the suffrage parade in Washington, D.C, refused to march in the back with the other African American women. Instead, she marched at the front of the Illinois suffrage delegation. The quote "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them" is attributed to Ida B. Wells Her parents were active in the Republican Party during Reconstruction. She campaigned for the Republican party in Illinois and Missouri in the early 1900s, participating in Chicago mayoral elections.

The first woman to hold an elected Federal office was Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a Republican. While the media attempts to characterize all Republicans as unyielding war proponents it is interesting to note a statue of Rankin, inscribed "I Cannot Vote For War", was placed in the United States Capitol's Statuary Hall in 1985.

So, what happened to the women of the“ suffragette movement” and various organizations across the country? An answer to this question is found within an accounting of the history of the 94yr old CaliforniaFederation of Republican Women. http://www.cfrw.org/history.ht...

The objective of the Federation, established in their Bylaws, was and is "to promote a wider knowledge of principles and policies of the Republican Party." Its goal, also, is to cooperate with the County and State Central committees to help elect Republican candidates to office. En Su Corazón, ¿Es Usted Un Demócrata o Un Republicano?

In Your Heart, Are You a Democrat or a Republican? Political Parties: Their philosophies, their objectives and the consequences of each one for the United States of America.
Choose your candidates carefully and be informed because the future of your children, grandchildren, relatives and relatives, our future and the survival of our nation will depend on your vote.

En Su Corazón, ¿Es Usted Un Demócrata o Un Republicano? Partidos Políticos: Sus filosofías, sus objectivos y las consecuencias de cada uno para los Estados Unidos de América.
Elija sus candidatos con cuidado e infórmese porque el futuro de sus hijos, nietos, familiares y parientes, nuestro futuro y la sobreviviensa de nuestra nación dependerá de su voto.

http://www.cfrwsoutherndivision.org/userfiles/258/file/En%20Su%20Corazon-Republicano%20o%20Democrata(1)rev.pdf

Does the Republican Women Federation exist in Woodland Hills? Yes. Established in the 1950’s. Their website defines their goals: “We register voters, and try to bring back Declines-to-Staters. We believe one of the key problems in California is the lack of election integrity, and we are involved in "draining the swamp" of corrupt or inept Voter Registrars.”

They meet the 2nd Thursday of the month (except July and August) at the Woodland Hills Country Club, 21150 Dumetz Road, Woodland Hills, CA 91364. Social and networking 10:00 a.m., Call to Order 10:30 a.m. Lunch is served at 12:00 noon followed by one of the many dynamic speakers we have scheduled for the year.”

The September meeting has been moved up a week, to 10am Thursday, September 4th, 2019. The featured speaker is Michael Reagan.

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