The North Dallas chapter of the Texas Democratic
Women was founded in October of 2002 after Harriet Miller put a call
out to Democratic women to come together in her home. More of us than
she thought possible showed up at her home to talk about starting a
chapter of TDW. The photo below shows some of those founding
members. (Starting at top left: Harriet Miller, Jane Davie, Windy
Warner, Nancy Latner, Nancy Caveness, [bottom row] Diane Miller, Gloria
Gray, Linda Camin, Nancy Brumley and Barb Taylor).
With Harriet Miller serving as our first President, we picked up members quickly and formed officially
getting
our charter from the Texas Democratic Women in February, 2003. Our
constitutional purpose is to promote the increased political activity
of Democratic women in Texas politics and government. In April of 2004
we became a General Purpose Political Action Committee (GPAC) so that
we could raise money for political purposes.
When Harriet Miller
decided to run for public office in 2004, Windy Warner succeeded her as
President and the club got behind Harriet in an uphill battle to unseat
an entrenched Texas House member, Tony Goolsby. We have since worked
for Harriet again in 2006. In 2008 we were we helped get member Carol Kent elected for that seat.
Carol is not the only
candidate or public office holder who belongs to NDTDW. Judge Sally
Montgomery was one of the first Democrats to be elected county wide in
2004. Since then we have added Judge Loraine Raggio, Judge Lynn
Cherry, Judge Carlos Cortez (yes we take men), Dallas County Democratic
Party Chair Darlene Ewing, Dallas County Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons
and Judge Jeff Rosenfield, Judge Tina Yoo, Judge Elizaberth Crowder, Judge Lori Hockett and Judge Jeanine Howard and more seem to be joining every day! Of course they are looking forward to the 2010 elections.
Top photo was taken at 2009 Holiday Party of Incoming and Outgoing Officers and Board:
Left: Paulette Cooper, Back Row: Jennifer Sellers; Carol Jablonski; Lenna Webb; Fran White & Jennifer Enzer
Front Row: Linda Love, Mary Jane Stevenson; Janice Schwarz and Trudy Hess
Missing were Nancy Brumley and Harriet Miller
Below that is a photo of some of our founding members:
Back Row: Harriet Miller, Jane Davie, Windy Warner, Nancy Latner & Nancy Caveness
Front Row: Dianne Miller, Gloria Gray, Linda Camin, Nancy Brumley & Barb Taylor

