The feminist movement reached a huge milestone on August 18, 1920, when women were finally granted the right to vote under the 19th Amendment. One hundred years later, feminism is being radicalized by modern culture. This election cycle, conservative women have the potential to save true feminism by exercising our right to vote. The original […]
This piece originally appeared in The Detroit News on November 2, 2020. On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote. Today, 100 years after this pivotal moment in the women’s rights movement, it is more important than ever for women to exercise their right to vote. This election […]
CONTACT: Kathryn Alford, Communications Manager Kathryn@enlightenedwomen.org 571-310-5388 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2020 WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION GIVES CONSERVATIVE WOMEN A VOICE AROUND UPCOMING ELECTION WASHINGTON, DC — “A lot of women vote the way their husbands vote; they don’t believe enough in their own thoughts.” – Barbara Streisand “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice.” – First […]
This piece was originally published in The Daily Signal on October 20, 2020. Just last year, the Xavier University student newspaper announced nine new student clubs, including a chapter of the Network of Enlightened Women, which I serve as president. What caught my eye is that the Xavier Socialists Club was started at the same […]
This piece originally appeared in The Augustana Mirror on October 8, 2020. A person would think that being a conservative woman on a college campus would not have its struggles; however, that is not necessarily the case. What I’ve learned in my almost two years on campus is that intellectual diversity is absent, feminists aren’t […]
CONTACT: Kathryn Alford, Communications Manager Kathryn@enlightenedwomen.org 571-310-5388 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2020 WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION URGES AMERICA TO EVALUATE AMY CONEY BARRETT ON HER QUALIFICATIONS WASHINGTON, DC — As the hearing got underway for Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Karin Lips, President of NeW shared, “Amy Coney Barrett has […]
This piece originally appeared in The State on September 12, 2020. “There remains a large conservative block of women who continue to vote against their own interests, preferring to embrace their ‘whiteness’ as a badge of protection and superiority.” These words appeared in a recent article written by a history professor from my university, the […]
This piece originally appears in USA Today on September 29, 2020. After interning in the summer of 2004 for my home state senator in Washington, D.C., I returned to the University of Virginia looking for a group of women who wanted to talk about the issues of the day and welcomed a more conservative perspective. There […]
CONTACT: Kathryn Alford, Communications Manager Kathryn@enlightenedwomen.org 571-310-5388 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2020 WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION CELEBRATES 16 YEARS OF EMPOWERING WOMEN WASHINGTON, DC — The Network of enlightened Women (NeW) is celebrating its 16th anniversary as the nation’s premier network for conservative young women this month. Since the first NeW meeting on September 29, 2004, NeW has […]
Today, NeW is celebrating 16 wonderful years of empowering conservative women! During this momentous occasion, we look back at some of our top successes and highlights from the past 16 years. 1. NeW Empowers Conservative Women at CPAC The Conservative Political Action Conference is one of the largest gatherings for conservatives in the country. NeW […]
