PRESIDENT'S BIOGRAPHY

Mary Lou Wright is from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and the mother of 3 children and the grandmother of one teen age young man. Mary Lou is one of eleven children from Leitchfield, Kentucky where she graduated from High School and joined the Air Force after finishing High School. She is still a member of the American Legion in Elizabethtown and supports all of the military throughout the U.S.

When coming to Kentucky in 1971, she started working for the Republican Party in Hardin County from the grassroots up to becoming the KFRW President in 2005. Working in the local Republican Party, she went from Precinct Officer to Poll Worker to County Vice Chairman of Hardin County for over 17 years. Wright says going to the National Republican Convention in 1984 and being part of the voting process was one of the biggest thrills of her life, and seeing and meeting President Ronald Reagan was even bigger.

Mary Lou has been part of the Kentucky Federation of Republican Women for over 15 years and was President of her local club three times. She has served on the NFRW Board of Directors for 6 years. Wright serves on the Kentucky State Central Executive Committee and finds it an honor to serve the Women of Kentucky. Her goals for KFRW are to communicate with all Presidents and to start new clubs and increase membership.

Her interests are mentoring young Republican Women, serving as a member of the Elizabethtown Garden Club (where she was President several times) and as a member of the Nine Patchers Quilt Guild, and playing gin with her daughter Monique. She loves painting and doing crafts and has had a few paintings shown in different art shows. Also one of her favorite hobbies is raising birds and feeding and watching outside birds.

Publisher's Note: Text published as provided by Kentucky FRW.

FEDERATION HISTORY

Mrs. Simeon Wells, the governor's wife, met with a group of women to form the Kentucky Federation in 1947. KFRW affiliated with the NFRW that same year. Club members are active in political campaigns and community service. Huda Jones, a former state president, served as NFRW president from 1990 to 1993.

Past presidents include:
Ann Cheek
Mrs. Becky Harilson, 1996-2000
Mrs. Susan Ware, 1994-96
Mrs. Dorothy Land, 1990-94
Mrs. Mae Hoover, 1988-90
Mrs. Pat Snyder, 1984-88
Mrs. Mary Whittle, 1982-84
Mrs. Emogene Holt, 1980-82
Ms. Betty Holmes, 1978-80
Mrs. Jerri Simmons, 1976-78
Mrs. Betty Gillis, 1974-76
Mrs. Huda Jones, 1972-74
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, 1970-72
Mrs. C.M. McDaniel, 1968-70
Mrs. Howard Williams, 1966-68
Mrs. Ginny Davis, 1964-66
Mrs. Agnes Sittington, 1962-64
Mrs. Catherine Cowart, 1960-62
Mrs. Roy C. Gray, 1958-60
Mrs. Hardin Durham, 1954-58
Mrs. William Smith, 1952-54
Miss Marie Croley, 1950-52
Mrs. Walter Harang, 1948-50
Mrs. George A. Joplin, 1947-48 (founding)

Publisher's Note: Text published as provided by Kentucky FRW.

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