About us
Our Objectives of the Davidson County Republican Women are:
- To promote an informed public through political education and activity
- To increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government through
active political participation.
- To cooperate with the National and North Carolina Federations of Republican Women.
- To foster loyalty to the Republican Party and to promote its principles and its
Republican candidates in all elections, including non-partisan elections.
-To support the objectives and policies of the national, state and local Republican Party organizations and to work for the election of Republican nominees.
We currently meet on the third Tuesday of the month (except July) at Yarborough's Restaurant, 321 Marcos Blvd, Lexington nC 27295. Dinner is at 6pm with the meeting following at 7pm!
- To promote an informed public through political education and activity
- To increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government through
active political participation.
- To cooperate with the National and North Carolina Federations of Republican Women.
- To foster loyalty to the Republican Party and to promote its principles and its
Republican candidates in all elections, including non-partisan elections.
-To support the objectives and policies of the national, state and local Republican Party organizations and to work for the election of Republican nominees.
We currently meet on the third Tuesday of the month (except July) at Yarborough's Restaurant, 321 Marcos Blvd, Lexington nC 27295. Dinner is at 6pm with the meeting following at 7pm!
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The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States of America
(By the Way, did you know that the democratically-controlled NC voted AGAINST the 19th Amendment!)
Women’s Suffrage Movement
Facts and Information on Women’s Rights Facts, information and articles about Women’s Suffrage Movement, the struggle for the right of women to vote
Women’s Suffrage summary: The women’s suffrage movement (aka woman suffrage) was the struggle for the right of women to vote and run for office and is part of the overall women’s rights movement. In the mid-19th century, women in several countries—most notably, the U.S. and Britain—formed organizations to fight for suffrage. In 1888, the first international women’s rights organization formed, the International Council of Women (ICW). Because the ICW was reluctant to focus on suffrage, in 1904 the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) was formed by British women’s rights activist Millicent Fawcett, American activist Carrie Chapman Catt, and other leading women’s rights activists.
Women’s Suffrage In the United States
The suffrage movement in the United States gained prominence with the first women’s rights convention in the world: the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, active members of the abolitionist movement who met in England in 1840 at the World Anti-Slavery Convention. In 1851, Stanton was introduced by a mutual friend to Susan B. Anthony, who was most active in the temperance movement at the time. The two would form a life-long friendship and collaboration focused on obtaining suffrage. They formed the Woman’s National Loyal League in 1863 to support the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery and to campaign for full citizenship for blacks and women.
The National Woman Suffrage Association
In 1869, with slavery abolished, a rift developed in the suffrage movement over how to gain suffrage. Anthony and Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and campaigned for a constitutional amendment for universal suffrage in America, and for other women’s rights, such as changes in divorce laws and an end to employment and pay discrimination. Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Josephine Ruffin formed the less-radical American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) to focus on obtaining suffrage for black men with the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and on winning women’s right to vote state-by-state, ignoring the broader rights the NWSA was campaigning for. By the 1880s, it became clear that the two organizations would be more effective if they merged back into one group, so they formed the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890, with Stanton as president and Anthony as vice president. Stanton’s position was largely honorary—she departed on a 2-year European speaking tour shortly after being elected, leaving Anthony as acting president. NAWSA was a national, parent organization to hundreds of local groups that campaigned solely for women’s right to vote. However, NAWSA alienated the more radical activists like Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Olympia Brown who were campaigning for broader rights along with the right to vote. In the early 20th century, NAWSA restructured itself and shifted it’s tactics, recruiting celebrities to draw attention to the cause, allying with local women’s clubs and some labor unions, and raising money to train and pay organizers to canvass for votes and enlist new members. NAWSA held many parades and rallies to draw attention to their cause, with its members wearing white uniforms and carrying banners to draw crowds and reporters. In 1914, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns became dissatisfied with the leadership and direction of the NWSA and formed the Congressional Union. Both women had assisted and learned from the British suffrage movement, which was much more radicalized and militant than the NWSA. England’s more militant suffragists faced violent confrontations with authorities and jail sentences; some went on hunger strikes while imprisoned and were made to endure force-feedings to prevent them from dying behind bars, which might increase public sympathy for their cause. The Congressional Union initially focused on putting pressure on the Democratic Party, which controlled both houses of Congress and the White House. In 1916, the organization was renamed the National Woman’s Party (NWP) and began a more militant campaign for suffrage, picketing and holding demonstrations in front of the White House. Carrie Chapman Catt, NAWSA president from 1900 to 1904 and 1915 to 1920, was Anthony’s hand-picked successor as the driving force of the organization. She led the final push toward a constitutional amendment, setting up a publicity bureau in Washington, D.C., in 1916 to exert immediate, face-to-face pressure on Congressmen. At the beginning of World War I, the NWP criticized the government for supporting democracy abroad while denying women the right to vote at home—blatant hypocrisy, in their view. Chapman Catt publicly distanced herself and NAWSA from the NWP, calling their behavior unladylike and disapproving of the bad publicity they generated for the movement. In June 1917, NWP members were arrested on the technical charge of obstructing traffic. Arrests and jail time, hunger strikes and force-feedings would continue for activists until the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified.
Ratification Of The Nineteenth Amendment
Tennessee became the last battleground state for ratification. There, as in other Southern states, the woman’s suffrage movement was inextricably linked in the minds of many with the abolition movement, and old animosities still simmered. In Dixie, even more than in other parts of the country, feminism ran counter to a culture in which conservative religion, tradition, and respect for the law was deeply engrained. Too, powerful lobbying groups including liquor distilleries—the temperance movement and women’s rights movement had long been comrades in arms—textile manufacturers and railroads opposed expanding women’s rights. Additional opposition came from state’s rights advocates, some of whom wanted to see women get the right to vote but felt that should be dealt with at the state level, not the national. On August 18, 1920, the Tennessee legislature narrowly approved the 19th Amendment. On August 31, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to rescind their previous vote, but the U.S. Secretary of State had already proclaimed the amendment ratified on August 26. Women’s right to vote was achieved through the national and local efforts of both the NAWSA and the NWP. The labor shortage caused by World War I that allowed women to move into roles traditionally held by men also made it increasingly difficult for opponents to argue that women were unworthy of the vote on the grounds of physical and mental inferiority. With the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in sight, Chapman Catt formed the League of Women Voters during NAWSA’s last meeting on February 14, 1920, to help newly enfranchised women exercise their right to vote.
-- HistoryNet.com
Davidson County Republican Women's
February 18, 2020 Meeting
Guest Speakers Include:
Davidson County Republican Women's
January 21, 2020 Meeting
Dinner: 6 pm; Meeting: 7 pm
Ocean View Seafood Restaurant
1803 Cotton Grove Road
(Exit 91, NC Hwy 8, off I-85)
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guests Include:
Davidson County Republican Women
December 17, 2019
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speakers:
Dakota Cook (Trump Campaign), and Holly Grange, Candidate for NC Governor a
Davidson County Republican Women
November,19, 2019
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speakers:
November,19, 2019
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speakers:
Davidson County Republican Women
October 15, 2019
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speaker:
October 15, 2019
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speaker:
Davidson County Republican Women
August 20, 2019
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speakers:
August 20, 2019
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speakers:
Davidson County Republican Women
June 18, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speaker:
Buddy Bengel
Candidate for NC Lieutenant Governor 2020
June 18, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speaker:
Buddy Bengel
Candidate for NC Lieutenant Governor 2020
From the "Club Spotlight" section of the National Federation of Republican Women:
DAVIDSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN (NC)
Davidson County Republican Women (NC)
Posted: Jun 20, 2019
Categories: Club Spotlights
Author: Kelly Gallimore, DCRW President
Members Volunteer at D-Day Event
On June 5, members of Davidson County Republican Women of North Carolina joined more than 100 other volunteers in serving veterans and their families -- including 63 World War II veterans -- at the Richard Childress Racing Event Center in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The event was organized by Richard Childress. A monthly veterans coffee breakfast is held at the same venue.
Operation Overlord ~ June 6, 1944
Presenting Sponsor: Gary Sinise Foundation
June 6, 2019
RCR Event Center
Welcome, NC
Members of the Davidson County Republican Women helped to serve over 1000 of our honored Veterans at a luncheon at the D-Day 75th Anniversary Celebration at the RCR Event Center in Welcome, NC.
Davidson County Republican Women
May 21, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speaker:
May 21, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speaker:
Davidson County Republican Women
April 16, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Oceanview Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest Speaker:
Sheriff Richie Simmons
Davidson County Republican Women
March 19, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Oceanview Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Davidson County Republican Women
February 19, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Oceanview Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
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Davidson County Republican Women
January 15, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Oceanview Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Davidson County Republican Women
December 18, 2019
Dinner: 6 pm | Meeting: 7 pm
Special Guest Speaker:
Pat Smith, NCFRW President
Oceanview Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Davidson County Republican Women
November 20, 20118
Dinner at 6pm | Meeting at 7pm
Special Guest Speaker: Kay Wildt,
President of Moore County Republican Women
Location: Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Davidson County Republican Women
October 16, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner is at 6pm with the Meeting to Follow
District Court Judge -Seat 1
Judge Mary Covington, Incumbent
April Crowson, Candidate
Board of Education
Neal Motsinger, Incumbent
Ashley Hicks
October 16, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner is at 6pm with the Meeting to Follow
District Court Judge -Seat 1
Judge Mary Covington, Incumbent
April Crowson, Candidate
Board of Education
Neal Motsinger, Incumbent
Ashley Hicks
Davidson County Republican Women
September 18, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm with the Meeting to Follow
Special Guests:
April Wood - District Court Judge
Chuck Kitchen - NC Court of Appeals Candidate
Shelby Chase - District Court Judge Candidate
Davidson County Republican Women
August 21, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm with Meeting to Follow
Special Guest Speakers:
Roy L. McDonald
Carlos Jane'
Davidson County Republican Women
June 19, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to follow
Special Guest Speaker:
Michelle Nix, NCGOP Vice-Chair
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to follow
Special Guest Speaker:
Michelle Nix, NCGOP Vice-Chair
Davidson County Republican Women
May 15, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to Follow
Special Guest: April Crowson presenting
"Family Court and Grandparent Rights"
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to Follow
Special Guest: April Crowson presenting
"Family Court and Grandparent Rights"
Davidson County Republican Women Hosting
The North Carolina Federation of Republican Women's
2018 Spring Board Meeting
Location: Richard Childress Racing Auditorium
Welcome, NC
May 11 - 12, 2018
Davidson County Republican Women
April 17, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to Follow
Candidates to Speak:
Row 1: Michael Horne, Steve Shell, Richie Simmons
April 17, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to Follow
Candidates to Speak:
Row 1: Michael Horne, Steve Shell, Richie Simmons
Davidson County Republican Women
March 20, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to follow
Candidates to Speak:
Row 1: Leigh Truelove, Chris Elliott
Row 2: Eric Osborne, Terry Sprinkle
Row 3: Steve Jarvis, Don Truell
Row 4: Lance Barrett, Greg Woods
March 20, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner: 6pm; Meeting to follow
Candidates to Speak:
Row 1: Leigh Truelove, Chris Elliott
Row 2: Eric Osborne, Terry Sprinkle
Row 3: Steve Jarvis, Don Truell
Row 4: Lance Barrett, Greg Woods
Davidson County Republican Women
February 20, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner at 6pm; Meeting to follow
Candidates to Speak:
Row 1: Craig Smith, James Shores
Row 2: David Rickard, David Grice
Row 3: Karen Watford, Membership
February 20, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
Dinner at 6pm; Meeting to follow
Candidates to Speak:
Row 1: Craig Smith, James Shores
Row 2: David Rickard, David Grice
Row 3: Karen Watford, Membership
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Davidson County Republican Women's
January 16, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
6pm
January 16, 2018
Ocean View Seafood
1803 Cotton Grove Road
Lexington, NC 27292
6pm
Davidson County Republican Women
December Meeting
Tricia's Catering
408 Piedmont Drive
Lexington, NC 27295
6:00 pm
Christmas Party
December Meeting
Tricia's Catering
408 Piedmont Drive
Lexington, NC 27295
6:00 pm
Christmas Party
November Davidson County Republican Women Meeting
November 21, 2017
Sunrise Diner
1026 Randolph Street
Thomasville, NC 27360
Special guest speaker:
Jon W. Myers
Davidson County Board of Elections
Sunrise Diner
1026 Randolph Street
Thomasville, NC 27360
Special guest speaker:
Jon W. Myers
Davidson County Board of Elections
Poor Man's Supper
Pinto Bean's With All the Fixin's (Ham, Cabbage, Potatoes, Cornbread) Homemade Dessert and Baverage Adults: $10 Children 8 and under: $5 October 21, 2017 4 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Location: Central Fire Department 572 Becks Church Road Lexington, NC 27292 Sponsored by: Davidson County Republican Women |
Davidson County Republican Women's October Meeting
Our next meeting will be:
October 17, 2017 at 6:30 pm
Location: Jo-Jo's Homecooking and Ice Cream
601 W. 5th Ave
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest:
The Honorable Justice Barbara Jackson
North Carolina Supreme Court
October 17, 2017 at 6:30 pm
Location: Jo-Jo's Homecooking and Ice Cream
601 W. 5th Ave
Lexington, NC 27292
Special Guest:
The Honorable Justice Barbara Jackson
North Carolina Supreme Court
Davidson County Republican Women's Meeting
September 17, 2017
JoJo's Ice Cream and Home Cooking
601 W. 5th Ave
Lexington NC 27292
6pm
Business Meeting
September 17, 2017
JoJo's Ice Cream and Home Cooking
601 W. 5th Ave
Lexington NC 27292
6pm
Business Meeting
Davidson County Republica
Women's Meeting
August 15, 2017
Jo-Jo's Ice Crean and Home Cooking
601 W. 5th Ave
Lexington NC 27292
6pm
Special Guest:
Commissioner Steve Shell
Davidson County Republican Women
June 20, 2017 ~ 6 pm
Jo-Jo's Ice Cream and Home Cooking
Ritchie Simmons, NCSHP - Retired
"Your Safety: the First Moments"
June 20, 2017 ~ 6 pm
Jo-Jo's Ice Cream and Home Cooking
Ritchie Simmons, NCSHP - Retired
"Your Safety: the First Moments"
Davidson County Republican Women
May 16, 2017 ~ 6pm
Jo-Jo's Ice Cream
& Home Cooking
Guest Speaker: Zac Crotts
"Insurance and the ACA: What the Future Holds"
May 16, 2017 ~ 6pm
Jo-Jo's Ice Cream
& Home Cooking
Guest Speaker: Zac Crotts
"Insurance and the ACA: What the Future Holds"
2016 Barbecue Festival
October 22, 2016
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Davidson County Republican Women
September 2016 Meeting September 20, 2016 and October 2016 Meeting October 18, 2016 Tricin'a Catering 408 Piedmont Drive Lexington, NC 27295 Guest Speakers: Republican Candidates for Davidson County School Board |
August 16, 2016 Meeting
Davidson County Republican Women's
April Meeting
Date: April 19, 2016
Time: Meal is at 6:30 p.m. with meeting to follow Location: Tricia's Catering 408 Piedmont Drive Lexington, NC 27295 Special Guest Speaker: Justice Bob Edmunds Jr. Senior Associate Justice North Carolina Supreme Court Please come, bring a friend and potential new member for great food, lively conversation and a great time! |
Davidson County Republican Convention - March 2016
Souper Saturday Fund Raiser -- March 5, 2016
We are raffling a handcrafted wreath, made of all natural, nature-made material. The wreath was handcrafted in the Wallburg area of Davidson County. Tickets are $5 each. Drawing will be held at the December meeting.
ATTENTION: Our October Location Has Changed!
Davidson County Republican Women
October 20, 2015
Holiday Inns Express and Suites, Courtyard
351 Vineyards Crossing, Lexington, NC 27295
(336) 224-6730
Lexington, North Carolina 27295
Dinner will begin at 6:30 pm with the meeting to follow!
Come and bring a potential new Member!
Hope to See You There!
Davidson County Republican Women
October 20, 2015
Holiday Inns Express and Suites, Courtyard
351 Vineyards Crossing, Lexington, NC 27295
(336) 224-6730
Lexington, North Carolina 27295
Dinner will begin at 6:30 pm with the meeting to follow!
Come and bring a potential new Member!
Hope to See You There!
DCRW's August Meeting:
August 18, 2015
LOCATION: Tricia's Catering Piedmont Dr, Lexington TIME: Fellowship & Dinner is at 6pm with the meeting to follow Special Guest: Pattie Curran, Candidate for NC 5th Congressional District |
Pattie Curran is running to represent North Carolina's 5th Congressional District. Pattie is a Christain, wife and homeschooling mom, a former social worker, founder and president of a non-profit (Shwachman Diamond America) and a veteran who is concerned about her country.
Pattie's life exemplifies what America's freedom and equal opportunity can overcome. Equal opportunity allowed her to rise above the circumstances of her youth and go on to become the first person in her family to graduate from college. Pattie enlisted in the Army National Guard (ARNG) when she turned 18 and later attended Officer Candidate School, receiving her commission just prior to her college graduation. She was awarded The Army Achievement Medal for meritorious achievement while serving as Executive Officer for HHD 165th Transportation Battalion. She received academic and athletic scholarships to help pay for the first few years of college, then transferred to Louisiana State University where the ARNG continued to pay for her tuition. She graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and minor in Religious Studies. Right out of college, she took the social work certification test (TX) and became a certified social worker. Pattie and her husband, Chris, have been married for 22 years and have 3 children. Two of their children have a rare disease, Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome with secondary mitochondrial disease. Pattie is an activist at heart. She has worked tirelessly to defund and repeal Obamacare, end the Export-Import Bank, to stop Common Core and to stop the assault on religious liberty. Her work has been published online and in the Washington Times and she has been interviewed on FOX News and News Max numerous times over her fight to repeal Obamacare. |
Davidson County Republican Women's
June Meeting
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Davidson County Republican Women's
April Meeting
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Davidson County Republican Women
March Meeting
Location: Tricia's Catering
407 Piedmont Drive
Lexington NC
Dinner: $10 at 6pm
Meeting to follow
Please come and bring a new member.
We have several guest speakers!
March Meeting
Location: Tricia's Catering
407 Piedmont Drive
Lexington NC
Dinner: $10 at 6pm
Meeting to follow
Please come and bring a new member.
We have several guest speakers!
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Davidson County Republican Women
February Meeting
February Meeting
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