PRESIDENT'S BIOGRAPHY

Millie Rogers is the 2008-2009 President of the Georgia State Federation. She has worked for the Cobb County Board of Commissioners for 20 years and has been a Commission Assistant to five County Commissioners and one Commission Chairman.

Millie and George have been married for over 38 years. They have a daughter Kristie who is married and lives in Corinth, MS and have two beautiful granddaughters 5 and 7 years old and a grandson 18 months old. Millie is a member of the Roswell First Baptist Church and Sunday school class.

Millie has been involved with many local campaigns including: former Congressmen Newt Gingrich and Bob Barr and current and former U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and Paul Coverdell. She was active in the Bob Dole and George W. Bush Presidential Campaigns. Millie is a former president of her local club and served as 1st and 2nd VP of the Georgia Federation. She was vice chairman of the NFRW Achievement Awards Committee in 2002-2003, a member of the MELP Committee 2004-2005, served as 2nd vice president of the County Republican Party for 3 years and has been a delegate to four NFRW biennial conventions. Millie is a graduate of Leadership Cobb and a past recipient of the Citizen of the Year award by the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce.

Regular exercise and Yoga are a part of Millie's normal routine. She is food conscious and likes to eat as much living and organic food as possible.

GFRW celebrated it's 50th anniversary at the 25th Biennial GFRW Convention held in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2007. The celebration was kicked off by former Speaker Newt Gingrich. We were honored to have the former NFRW President Marilyn Thayer to participate in the celebration too. The past 50 years have been wonderful and we are looking forward to the next 50 years.

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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)

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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 County