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We hear it all the time.
“Republicans are a bunch of angry, old white men.”
Republican women have been shouting from the treetops about how conservative women are the life of the Republican Party. We had some glass-ceiling shattering wins in this recent midterm:
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Marsha Blackburn – First Female Senator from Tennessee
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Kim Reynolds – First Woman to win Iowa’s gubernatorial race
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Kristi Noem – First Female Governor of South Dakota
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Janice McGeachin – First Female Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
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Jeanette Núñez – Florida’s First Latina Lieutenant Governor and the highest ranking public-service Latina in Florida’s history
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Kay Ivey – First Female Republican Governor of Alabama
These wins are monumental for women. Unfortunately, they are noticeably absent in any graphic you’ve seen floating around the internet about all of the women who broke glass ceilings. Why? The women in the graphics you’re seeing are all Democrats. Their victories should be celebrated, but why aren’t they celebrating the contributions to history that the Republican women are making?
When we hear the complaints that the Republican party is full of men, many Democrats refuse to acknowledge the accomplishments of Republican women. We constantly have to hear that we are voting against our own rights or that we are betraying our fellow women. As conservative women, we know this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Republican women make history don’t get the attention they deserve. In fact, their historic wins are often met with disdain and eye rolling, criticism of looks and harsh attacks about their lives as women.