Nationally Women have played vital leadership roles in the Republican Party since its inception 150 years ago. Nationally, our party was the first to nominate a woman for the U.S. presidency, appoint a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, appoint a woman ambassador to the United Nations, appoint a woman to head the National Security Counsel, elect a woman to the U.S. Congress, elect a woman as co-chair of a national party, recognize women in its national platform and endorse an equal rights amendment. Today, Republican women hold some of our nation's highest offices on the U.S. Supreme Court, in the President's Cabinet and in Republican Congressional leadership.

In Ohio, Republican women have an outstanding record of leadership in Ohio. Our party elected former Speaker Jo Ann Davidson as the first woman speaker of the Ohio House; Betty Montgomery as the first woman Attorney General, as well as the first woman Auditor of State; Jennette Bradley as the first African American woman to serve as Lt. Governor; and Nancy Hollister as the first woman Lt. Governor and first woman Governor. In addition, three Republican women leaders now serve on the Ohio Supreme Court: Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor and Justices Evelyn Stratton and Judith Lanzinger.

The Ohio Federation of Republican Women

Members of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women find opportunities to work in campaigns and participate in get-out-the-vote efforts. The Federation is divided into six regions in Ohio with 90 local clubs.

Contact:

Jean Turner, President
719 East Madison Street
Gibsonburg, OH 43431
(419) 637-2942
jeanturner@ohfrw.com

Central District

Kathy Wise
kathywise@ohfrw.com

East District

Jewette Toney
jewettetoney@ohfrw.com

Northeast District 

Edwina Wolcott
edwinawolcott@ohfrw.com

Northwest District

Donna Thatcher
donnathatcher@ohfrw.com

South District

Shawn Priest
shawnpriest@ohfrw.com

Southwest District

Lyn Bliss
lynbliss@ohfrw.com