TFRW Woman of Distinction – November 2022
Mayra Flores is a Texas Congresswoman representing the 34th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first female Mexican-born member of the House.
Mayra immigrated here from Mexico legally at the age of 14 and is now not only a conservative Congresswoman, but the supportive wife of a Border Patrol Agent and mother of four children, which she believes is her most important job. She attended South Texas College in the Rio Grande Valley and chaired...
TFRW Woman of Distinction – October 2022
Texas voters elected Justice Jane Bland to the Supreme Court of Texas in 2020 with more than six million votes — the most of any candidate in Texas history. Before Governor Greg Abbott appointed her to the Texas Supreme Court in 2019,
Justice Bland served for six years as a state district judge in Houston and for 15 years as a justice on the Texas First Court of Appeals. Justice Bland serves as the Court’s liaison to the Judicial Commission on...
Texas Takes Honors
From Corrine Miklosh, VP Political Activities
Congratulations to all of our clubs and members who submitted their hours and calls for the first and second periods for NFRW. TFRW had the most hours and calls for both periods for states with 80+ clubs, with the final totals for the year of 1,600,506 hours and 109,100 calls.
Three of our clubs were top in their size category for hours during the second period and one of our clubs had the top calls in...
TFRW Woman of Distinction – September 2022
While very politically active and involved in conservative Christian organizations, the most important roles Denise plays are as wife to Randy Rives, mother to three grown children, and grandmother (“Mimi”) to eight wonderful grandchildren. She is passionate about preserving the Christian values and principles upon which this country was founded for future generations.
The greatest passion that Denise Rives has is helping others to find their passion and maximize their strengths in pursuing that passion. Her special rapport with audiences of...
TFRW Woman of Distinction – August 2022
Judy Frey lived in upstate New York, Central Virginia and Southern California before moving to Gregg County, Texas, in 1982. She became the Secretary for Gregg County Republican Party in 1992, and served under four consecutive successive County Chairs until 2014. She then became the Secretary for the Republican Women of Gregg County, her position still today. For Judy, consistent production of high-quality meeting minutes is part science, part art. Some graciously claim she excels at both.
Judy graduated college with...
TFRW Woman of Distinction – July 2022
Ruby Manen is a native Texan, born and raised in Aransas Pass, and is a member of Wilson County Republican Women. She has been married to Don for 60 years and they have three children and three grandchildren.
Prior to her involvement in Texas politics, Don’s military career and Ruby’s civil service career provided opportunities for them to live and work in many locations around the U.S. and in Europe including NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Ruby had two assignments in...
