Georgia Federation of Republican Women History text copied from NFRW web site

FEDERATION HISTORY The Georgia Federation affiliated with the NFRW in 1957. Following the Republican National Convention in 1956, Mrs. Harold McGeorge of Florida, regional director for the NFRW, and Margaret Twiggs, vice chairman of the Georgia Republican State Committee, toured the state organizing the first Republican women's clubs in Atlanta, Macon, Rome, Americus and Blue Ridge. When General Eisenhower carried Richmond County, the Republican women were given the credit. The Georgia Federation's first convention was held in Augusta in January 1957, and President Eisenhower wired his congratulations. One of the state's leading newspapers, The Atlanta Constitution, said, "The two-party system in Georgia gained momentum Monday when a state-wide organization of Republican Women was formed in Augusta."   Past presidents include: Valerie Betz  Emma Hinesley Sharon Jacoby, 1993 Reva Jennings, 1987 Sandra Deyton, 1985 Helen Von Waldner, 1983 Katherine Miller, 1979 and 1989 June Kidd, 1977 Lil McAfee, 1975 Margaret Holliman, 1971 Virginia Estes Massey, 1968 Bootsie Calhoun, 1967 Ague Miller, 1965 Mrs. W.C. LeShanna, 1964 Rita Creeson, 1963 Anne Bateman, 1961 Mrs. Halycon Bell, 1959 Mrs. S.S. Haliburton, 1957 (founding) Publisher's Note: Text published as provided by Georgia FRW to NFRW. LOCAL CLUBS Athens Area RWC Bartow RWC Camden County RW Carroll County    Regional RW Central DeKalb RW Chattahoochee RW Cherokee County RWC Clayton County RW Coastal RWC Cobb County RWC Cobb Regional RW Coweta County RWC Fannin County RW Floyd County RW Forsyth RWC Golden Isle RWC Greater Columbia County RW Greater Fayette RWC Greater Gwinnett RW Griffin-Spalding County RW Liberty Area RW New Generation RW    of Fayette County Newton County RWC North DeKalb RW North Fulton County RWC RW of Bulloch County RW of Henry County RW of Muscogee County RW of Union County Savannah Area RWC South Fulton RWC Troup County RW WRC of Richmond Coun