History
National Republican Women’s Network
2006

Since the days of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's fierce efforts on behalf of women's suffrage, Republican women have played pivotal roles in the political, economic, and social history of this country. Unlike their predecessors, however, today's Republican woman is free from the restrictions of a bygone era and is equally comfortable at home as in the workplace. And, though times and conditions have changed, Republican women today share at least two characteristics with the activists who came before them: an abiding love of this country and a passionate commitment to important issues.

Then as now, there are times when the elements of crisis and circumstance combine to generate an environment conducive to change. Times such as these have created an unparalleled opportunity for launching a new organization that, while firmly anchored in the Republican traditions of individual responsibility and less intrusive government, embraces the diversity and the strength of ideas that elevated our Republican Party to the forefront of American governance.

That time has arrived for the National Republican Women's Network

The elections of 2006 clearly showed that our Party had lost the confidence of the American people, particularly among Republican and independent women voters.

The Party of Ideas had become the nearly exclusive domain of the ideologue, as the campaign rhetoric and our messages grew increasingly strident and myopic. As a result, from coast to coast, Americans uniformly rejected our Party's candidates and we lost hard-won majorities in both the US Senate and House as well as seats in most legislatures throughout the US.

With the 2006 election behind them, a team of Republican professional women, with years of political experience and national networks, came together in Orlando, Florida to lay the ground work for this new organization.

They realized that any successful political organization, by its nature, must be dynamic. That is, it has to be adaptable to a rapidly changing environment. It must also be duplicative; and, its leaders must recognize the need for a serious commitment to constant monitoring and implementation.

After three days of strategic planning, the structure, goals and objectives of the National Republican Women's Network was ready to be launched!