Putting Women Back Into History

The Women 2 Women Committee of the Tower Club presents: An Evening with Cokie Roberts and daughter Rebecca Boggs Roberts Thursday, May 24, 2018 6-9pm Tower Club-Tysons Corner 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite #1700 Vienna, Va, 22182 The Women 2 Women Committee of the Tower Club is hosting a fundraiser to benefit the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association. The evening will feature a presentation by journalists/authors Cokie Roberts and her daughter, Rebecca Boggs Roberts. This dynamic mother-daughter duo will capture our attention with a presentation about “Putting Women Back Into History,” a timely topic with heightened attention to women’s issues and as we approach the centennial anniversary of the 19thAmendment in 2020. There will also be an opportunity to purchase books and have them signed by the Roberts. “Capitol Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868” “Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation” “Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation” By Cokie Roberts “Suffragists in Washington, D.C.: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote” By Rebecca Boggs Roberts Highlights: All tickets ($95, +fees) entitle you to a reception featuring heavy hors d’oeuvres and two drink tickets. Addtional libations will be available at a cash bar. A limited number of VIP tickets ($175, +fees) are available that entitle you to join the Roberts at a private reception. Silent/Live Auction featuring a variety of items including weekend getaways, art work, Nationals tickets, Luke Bryan concert tickets Sponsorship and Partnership opportunities may also be purchased through Eventbrite Click to Register   About The Memorial: Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association is raising funds to build a national memorial to honor the millions of suffragists who fought more than seven decades to win the vote for women. It’s another hidden piece of women’s history even though it was a national campaign that included incidents of arrests, jail, torture and even death. The memorial will ensure that the suffrage story is elevated to its proper place in history and will educate present and future generations on the need for eternal vigilance for equal rights.  As author, Eleanor Clift, writes, “the suffragists engineered the greatest expansion of democracy in a single day that the world had ever seen, and yet…the leaders built no monuments to themselves, and too many of their names have been lost to history.” Please help us to bring to light the “best kept secret in American history.” http://www.suffragistmemorial.org The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association is a 501(c)(3)non-profit raising funds to build a national suffragist memorial at NOVA Parks’ Occoquan Regional Park, in Lorton, Va. Mission: To educate, inspire, and empower present and future generations to remain vigilant in the quest for equal rights.

 

Statewide Elections + A Letter From Our President

Virginia NOW Statewide Elections
Saturday, April 7th
Fox Point Clubhouse
6120 Blackstone Blvd.
Fredericksburg, VA 22407

Agenda

9-10 am: Registration; Coffee and donuts; time to relax

10-12 pm: Introductions of Speakers:

Eleanor Smeal and Alice Cohan, Feminist Majority and past president and vice-president of NOW

12-1 pm: Lunch

1-3 pm: Continuation of talks with the addition of Mary Ann Beall, Illinois faster for the ERA and fence climber at the White House

3-4 pm: Introduction of those running for office, speeches and election of new officers

A Letter from Our President…

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to say good-bye to all the VA NOW members, and to thank you for your time and work for VA NOW. I hope you will continue to be a NOW member in the future no matter where life takes you. We are the oldest women’s rights organization in the United States so let’s keep it going. If you would like to run for an office, you can come to the conference and submit your name. It is never too late. There are also appointed jobs to be filled. Take a chance. Below, I have listed a few of VA NOW’s accomplishments during my years as president. Unfortunately, I can not list all the good work that the chapters have accomplished across Virginia.

Diana Egozcue’s Presidential Accomplishments:

1 Hired a NOW member as a paid webmistress to assist and teach Paradise and Simone to create a new website and logo; Lisa Keyser is on contract to work as we need her.

2 Convened a meeting in Richmond with chapter leaders, officers, members and college women to talk about planning a future; a paid facilitator was hired from the VCU campus to direct the meeting.

3 Helped all chapters get their IRS accreditation back as well as VA NOW; it took me 4 years and a mountain of paperwork.

4 Found a new lawyer to get back our business license and solicitation license.

5 Started and restarted chapters around the state plus visiting them during the years.

6 Joined and worked with coalitions such as Virginia 2021, Transparency coalition, and Women’s Equality Coalition.

7 Hired a friend at minimal expense to us to create a VA NOW database to handle the membership lists and make them work for us as we wanted.

8 Hired a member who is a tax professional each year to file our taxes so we would not run afoul of the IRS again.

9 Put on a young feminist conference in Richmond which drew college and high school activists to discuss the issues important to them.

10 Preserved the rainy day investment account which is not to be touched, and worked only with what was available in the bank account. A money market fund had already been dissolved and used on PAC donations before I became president.

11 Created the VA NOW Foremother’s Project which has archived many feminists at the Smithsonian and VCU, and runs on YouTube. This is an ongoing project through our Communications VP, Paradise, and her helper.

Again, thank you for all you do have done, and will do in the future,

―Diana Egozcue, Virginia NOW President

Please join us in bidding farewell to our incredible president and welcoming our new candidates. We look forward to seeing you there!

Together we make change happen.

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