TFRW March Woman of Distinction
Patricia “Pat” Hardy, a lifelong educator, was elected to serve District 11 of the State Board of Education in November 2002 and re-elected in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2014.
During her tenure on the board, Hardy, a Republican, has served on all three of the board’s committees. She currently serves on the board’s Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund, which oversees the Permanent School Fund, the nation’s largest education endowment. The committee also oversees some funding and auditing policies. During her tenure...
President’s Message – March 2018
When Mitt Romney lost in 2012 I specifically recall the Republican National Committee putting together a team to determine why we lost; again. One overwhelming piece of survey data concluded that Republicans were, perceptually, not inclusive enough. Following the study the plea went out to all Republican organizations to take the lead on outreach and grow the big tent. The Texas Federation of Republican Women followed orders.
I have a Masters in Sociology, in a nutshell sociology is the study of...
President’s Message – February 2018
Last Tuesday, I was working on my monthly president’s message when an alert came over my phone about a possible live shooter situation in Parkland, Florida. I read the alert and prayed that it was not another shooting and that the authorities had the person in custody before any lives were lost. I continued editing my piece which was focused on faith, family, country then politics. I wanted to tell you all that we need to live our lives in...
TFRW February Woman of Distinction
I was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1932. Our mother left my sister and me when we were very young, and our dad traveled with his work, so we moved to Roebling, New Jersey in 1934 to live with our Aunt Dell. Our dad remarried when I was thirteen, so we moved to live with him and his new wife on a small farm.
At eighteen, I enrolled at the University of Kentucky and met Jim, the guy I would marry. We had...
President’s Message – January 2018
A glass bead necklace caught my eye while I was walking around an open-air market with my daughter Kendall. Before inquiring about the necklace Kendall noticed an etched brass cuff with an inspirational message in an unusual font. Wondering if the artist accepted commissioned work I asked the young women, dressed in 1940’s era clothing, if she would be interested in creating cuffs with my organization’s initials. I handed her my T.F.R.W. business card so she could write down the...
President’s Message – October 2017
Free speech or freedom to be a whiny, spoiled brat? Taking a knee or other forms of protesting the National Anthem at football games is a classic example of stupid is as stupid does.
Let me be perfectly clear: I totally understand that there are parts of this country in which it is harder, and in some cases dangerous, to be a black American. Although this country has come so very far in its quest to be a land of color-blind...
