Words from the President
November 2024
Words From The President ~⚡️Exciting news!⚡️ FRWN is hosting a must-see event with Melissa Nelson, State Attorney for Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit. Get all the insights on Amendment 31, as well as Child Social Media Accounts and their First Amendment rights. Be there on November 8th to be informed!
As Election Day quickly approaches I urge each of you to VOTE VOTE VOTE! It’s your constitutional right!
Did you know...U.S. election laws date back to Article 1 of the Constitution. This gave states the responsibility of overseeing federal elections. Many constitutional amendments and federal laws protecting voting rights have been passed since then.
Constitutional amendments affecting voting rights:
The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote in 1870. But many weren't able to exercise this right. Some states used literacy tests and other barriers to make it harder to vote.
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, gave American women the right to vote.
The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, eliminated poll taxes. The tax had been used in some states to keep African Americans from voting in federal elections.
The 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowered the voting age for all elections to 18.
FRWN 2024 Winner's Circle
The Federated Republican Women of Nassau awarded the 2024 FRWN Marcia Fotopoulos Scholarship at the June Meeting to Baylie Cruce. Ms. Cruce will be attending the University of Alabama, Majoring in Kinesiology.
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She graduated Callahan High School where she also took early admissions college courses at Florida State @ Jacksonville and held a 4.6 GPA .
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Baylie is the President and Founder of Totty’s Totes, a non profit charity organization that provides hand sewn tote bags filled with hygiene items, a Bible and encouraging gifts to women crisis centers and counseling facilities. Their goal is to provide hope to women and teens who are struggling with eating disorders, been rescued out of human trafficking, or transitioning into foster care. You can check out her website at tottystotes.org
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She is President of the Student Government. She is involved in her church and has put in many volunteer hours at Brooks Rehab Center and Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital as a Patient Ambassador.
THE HISTORY OF FRWN
A PROUD HISTORY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ACHIEVEMENT
Their vision and mission was to become an integral part of the Florida Federation A group of Republican women gathered at the home of Marcia Fotopoulos on April 13,1988 to form the Nassau Federated Republican Women's Club.The women attending were Marcia Fotopoulos, Vera Berglund, Nancy Brooks, Marilyn Evans-Jones, Evelyn Rylant, Ann Oliver, Joan Huey, Elizabeth Hill, Adelaide Andrews, Jean Lund, Carol Studwell, Leila Ketchum Balogh, Evelyn Fields, Helen Wagner, Isabelle Walger, and Liz Austin, FFRW District 1 Member-At-Large.
The purpose of the Club was to recruit qualified candidates for political office, to promote political awareness, and to encourage women to seek leadership roles in government, in the Republican Party, and in the community, and the National Federation of Republican Women, America's foremost political organization.
In 1988, the first President of NFRW, Marcia Fotopoulos, received the club's charter at a special meeting at Brett's. The guest speaker was Patty Brantley, wife of Lt. Governor Bobby Brantley.