Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SJR0376 Compare Versions

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4	4	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 376
5	5	By Crowe
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12	12	A RESOLUTION to honor the Tennessee Federation of
13	13	Republican Women on the occasion of the
14	14	organization's seventieth anniversary.
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16	16	WHEREAS, Republican Women's clubs were formed many years before women
17	17	received the right to vote; and
18	18	WHEREAS, the Republican Platform of 1872 stated that The Republican Party is mindful
19	19	of its obligation to the loyal women of America for their noble devotion to the cause of freedom;
20	20	and
21	21	WHEREAS, in 1938, Marion Martin, assistant chairman to the Republican National
22	22	Committee, called a meeting at the Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois, to organize Republican
23	23	Women's clubs into a National Organization; and
24	24	WHEREAS, the National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs adopted rules, one
25	25	of which was "to foster and encourage loyalty to the Republican Party and the ideals for which it
26	26	stands"; and
27	27	WHEREAS, at the time of the organization's founding, there were only six Republican
28	28	governors, eighty-nine Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, and sixteen
29	29	Republicans in the U.S. Senate; and
30	30	WHEREAS, in its early days, the organization was a lobbying group that continued to
31	31	grow, eventually changing its name to the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) in
32	32	1953; and
33	33	WHEREAS, the NFRW, once an auxiliary of the Republican National Committee,
34	34	became financially and organizationally independent in 1952; and
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39	39	WHEREAS, in 1955, the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women was chartered,
40	40	with Alice Elder of Chattanooga serving as its first president; and
41	41	WHEREAS, Sharon Boreing is serving as president on this seventieth anniversary; and
42	42	WHEREAS, the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women has clubs across the
43	43	State that, in the seventy years since the state organization's founding, have taken part in
44	44	programs to help in their communities, including those focused on caring for America, literacy,
45	45	Americanism, armed services, and scholarship programs for women; most importantly, the
46	46	organization has earned hundreds of thousands of campaign volunteer hours and received
47	47	dozens of NFRW Achievement Awards in these areas; and
48	48	WHEREAS, the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women is celebrating its
49	49	seventieth year while still supporting candidates through the Iris Fund PAC, still campaigning for
50	50	and electing Republicans in Tennessee, and still contributing to the success of growing a super
51	51	majority; now, therefore,
52	52	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
53	53	GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
54	54	REPRESENTATIVES CONCURR ING, that we recognize the Tennessee Federation of
55	55	Republican Women on the occasion of the organization's seventieth anniversary, extending our
56	56	best wishes for every future success.
57	57	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
58	58	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
59	59	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
60	60	without House or Senate designation.