Washoe Republican Women Installation of Officers

Installation of the 2022 - 2023 WRW Officers Officiated by NvFRW President - Caroline Smith

Marsha, Mona, and 5 other patriotic women formed the Comstock Lode Quilters in 2015 with the goal of providing unique, one of a kind, “Quilts of Valor”, to military veterans being recognized by Honor Flight Nevada. Marsha was a guardian escort for her veteran father during an Honor Flight Oregon event several years ago. Upon his return her father was presented with a “Quilt of Valor” and was so moved by the presentation of his quilt that she decided to do the same for our returning Honor Flight Nevada heroes. To date Marsha, Mona, and their team have presented 1,059 handmade patriotic quilts to northern Nevada Veterans. Marsha & Mona are both members of; the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Colonial Dames 17th Century, the Jamestown Society, The Daughters of the War of 1812, and The Daughter of the Civil War and the Daughters of the Confederacy. Crowning a fascinating legacy, Mona’s lineage traces to one of the Salem Witches. Mona lives in Tahoe Vista and loves books, entertaining, and is reported to be a fabulous cook.

Republican Assemblywoman Annie Black previewed her fierce independence just days after the 2020 election when she announced her decision not to join the Republican Assembly Caucus in order to speak our freely and forcibly during the session. At the start of the session, the freshman from Mesquite immediately introduced a bill to terminate Gov. Sisolak’s “state of emergency” and regularly badgered the Democrats to open the legislature to the public. Annie also proposed; eliminating the state business license, creating a legislative committee solely focused on recommending cuts to non-essential spending, and requiring all bills be posted online for at least 48 hours before being voted on. Her principled refusal to provide a “vaccine passport” at the end to the session resulted in Democrats temporarily stripping her of the ability to vote on bills or speak from the floor of the Assembly chamber. Her wildly popular “AnnieGram” newsletter (www.AnnieBlack.net) kept constituents informed of the goings-on throughout the session as “Annie’s Army” of supporters spread throughout the state of Nevada. The Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI), Nevada’s oldest and respected think tank, named Annie as the #1 conservative legislator for the 2021 session, and the ACLU Nevada Chapter named her the least friendly to their agenda