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2019GREATAMERICANCONSERVATIVEWOMENC L A R EB O O T H EL U C EC E N T E RC A L E N D A RF O RC O N S E R V A T I V EW O M E N
2019Dear Friend,You honor the American flag and our national anthem.It was a great American patriot– Betsy Ross – who stitched the flagtogether.Today, teaching respect for the flag is too often out of fashion.However, it is never out of fashion at the Clare Boothe Luce Center forConservative Women and the women we educate.We hope we touch each life like Betsy Ross did. She was a greatwoman role model like the women featured each month in our calendar.You can help us too.You can help by displaying this calendar and helping to introducewomen to the Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women.This year as we begin using our expanded Center for ConservativeWomen Headquarters we give thanks to all the brave students who stand upto the Left and volunteer so much time to promote conservative ideas. Andspecial thanks to the generous supporters who make all our work possible.Sincerely,President,Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute
.Clare Boothe Lucecenter for conservative womenCBL staffMichelle Easton, PresidentJeanne O’Connor, Vice PresidentLil Tuttle, Policy DirectorCamille Hart, Events DirectorCindy Rushing, Development DirectorDiane Sinclair, Accounting ManagerElizabeth Campbell, Program OfficerHope Hargadon, Administrative AssistantMichelle EastonFrank DonatelliClare LuceCBL BoardMichelle Easton, PresidentFrank Donatelli, Secretary/TreasurerClare LuceKate Obenshain KeelerDarla PartridgeSarah RindlaubMarji RossLinda TeetzUrsula Meese, Director EmeritusContributorsPhotographyDavid Keith, www.davidkeithphoto.comJensen Sutta,www.jensensutta.comBob Updegrove, www.bobupdegrove.comKaren Race, karenracephotography.pixieset.comGraphic DesignTara French Johnson, www.mercy design.comKate Obenshain-Keeler Darla Partridge Sarah Rindlaub Marji Ross Linda Teetz Ursula Meese112 Elden Street Suite P Herndon, Virginia 20170 (888) 891- 4288 cblpi.orgThe 2019 Great American Conservative Women calendar is a publication ofin accordance with section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Clare BootheClare Boothe Luce, a tax-exempt organization which is organized and operatesLuce does not support, endorse, or oppose candidates for public office.
JANUARYNIKKI HALEYNikki Haley was the first female andfirst Indian-American South Carolinagovernor and served from 2011 2017. Prior to being elected Governorshe served as a member of the SouthCarolina House of Representativesfrom 2005 - 2011. Nikki is marriedto Michael Haley and they havetwo children. Articulate and strong,she is an incredible role model forconservative women. Nikki is one ofthe most admired and well knownwomen in America.
January urday2345new year’s day678910111213141516171819Lee-Jackson Daymarch for life20212223242930312526martin lutherking Jr. day2728The foundation that has made Americathat last, best hope on earth hasn't goneanywhere. It still exists. It is up to us toreturn to it. - Nikki Haley
FEBRUARYANTONIA OKAFORAntonia Okafor is a conservativewoman known for her pro-SecondAmendment activism. She was theSouthwest Regional Director forStudents for Concealed Carry onCampus (SCCC), and as director,she successfully helped pass andimplement campus carry in Texas.She also founded EmPOWERed, agroup of pro-Second Amendmentwomen on college campuses. Antoniais one of the Clare Boothe Luce Centerfor Conservative Women’s mostrequested speakers, and has spokenfor us at the University of Wisconsin –Madison, Georgetown University, andSt. Mary’s College.
February 2019SundaymondaytuesdayWednesdaythursday“I have a vision that gun ownership will be more synonymous with empowerment not violence;with equality, not dominance. Gun ownership is for all, but it is especially for women.”- Antonia Okafor3456friday1saturday2NationalFreedom Daygroundhog day7891415162223Ronald Reagan’sBirthday (1911)10111213Lincoln’sBirthday (1809)171819St. valentine’s day2021Washington’sBirthday (1732)presidents’ day2425262728
MARCHRACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFYRachel Campos-Duffy is the recipientof Clare Boothe Luce’s 2018 Womanof the Year Award. She is a Fox Newsand Fox Business contributor andserved as the national spokespersonfor the non-profit group, The LIBREInitiative, which advocates for theeconomic empowerment of Hispanics.She also has a debut children’s bookwhich will be released in November of2018 titled, “Paloma Wants to be LadyFreedom.” Rachel lives in Wisconsinwith her husband, CongressmanSean Duffy, and her eight childrenaged 2-18.
March 2019SundaymondaytuesdayWednesdaythursday456Mardi Gras10Clare BootheLuce’s birthday (1903)saturday12789Feminist leaders set their rules, and anyone who threatens abortion will be punished as atraitor to their gender. No matter how much good you actually do for women, their financialempowerment, or their independence, you will be shamed from their mean girl club forpromoting life.” - Rachel Campos-Duffy3fridayash wednesday111213141516181920212223282930daylight savingtime begins17st. patrick’s day24first day of spring25312627
APRILALLIE STUCKEYAllie Stuckey made her start with her blog, TheConservative Millennial, growing an audienceof over 250,000 in just a year-and-a-half.She recently starred in a Prager Universityvideo that has over 5.7 million views. Allie iscurrently the host of her podcast, Relatable,on Conservative Review TV (CRTV) whereshe also produces videos giving her takeon issues relating to millennials. She is aregular guest on Fox News, as well as otherTV and cable outlets, and spoke for ClareBoothe Luce on a panel at Mount HolyokeCollege, at our 2018 Florida Summit, andat Georgetown University, University ofCalifornia – Berkeley, and the University ofFlorida in the fall of 2018.
April urday1234568910111213thomas jefferson’sbirthday (1743)14151617181920good fridaypassover(begins at sundown)Palm Sunday212223easter sunday2824252627Passover Ends2930“Women want real men; men they can count on and men they can look up to.No amount of feminist theory will change that.” -Allie Stuckey
MAYMARJI ROSSMarji Ross is the president of RegneryPublishing, a conservative bookpublishing house where under herleadership, 48 of their books publishedwithin the last 12 years have beenplaced on the New York Times BestSeller List. Before joining Regnery,she was a group publisher for PhillipsInternational. She is the recipient ofthe Clare Boothe Luce’s 2005 Womanof the Year Award and currently serveson the CBL Center for ConservativeWomen’s Board of Directors. Marji ismarried with five children.
may 2019Sundaymondaytuesday“If your rights come from God, then no mencan take them away.” - Marji 718national dayof prayer8V-E Day (1945)12131415armed forces daymother’s day192021222324262728293031Memorial day25
JUNEBAY BUCHANANBay Buchanan has spoken beforecollege students with the ClareBoothe Luce Center for ConservativeWomen for 25 years and recentlyspoke at our 2018 Florida and CapitolHill Summits. Bay remains one of ourmost requested campus speakers. In2007, she was awarded Clare BootheLuce’s Woman of the Year Award forher great accomplishments. Bay wasthe national treasurer of PresidentReagan’s 1980 presidential campaignand later became the youngestperson to ever hold the position ofUnited States Treasurer in the Reaganadministration. Bay is married andhas three grown sons.
June Real leaders are not born. They have made decisions in their lives and taken steps that put them in a placewhere they ended up being the person that made the difference.” - Bay Buchanan23456saturday781415d-day (1944)910111213U.S. Army birthdayflag day1617181920father’s day2122first day of summer2324302526272829
JULYK AT E O B E N S H A I N K E E L E RKate Obenshain Keeler was thefirst female chairman of the VirginiaGOP from 2003 to 2006 where shefought against tax increases and biggovernment. In 2003, she founded apublic policy leadership program forwomen in Virginia. Kate is also a cofounder of James 1:27 Foundation, anon-profit organization that providesassistance to widows and orphansin need during times of crisis. Sheserves on the Clare Boothe LuceCenter for Conservative Women’sBoard of Directors and is married with6 children.
July saturday56independence day789101112131415161718192021222324252627national koreanwar veteransarmistice day28293031“The bigger the government, the smaller theindividual.” - Kate Obenshain Keeler
AUGUSTMOLLIE HEMINGWAYMollie Hemingway is a senior editorat the Federalist and a Fox Newscontributor. She is a journalist whosework has been featured in manypublications, such as the Wall StreetJournal, USA Today, the Los AngelesTimes, National Review, Radio &Records and many more. Mollie hasspoken many times for the ClareBoothe Luce Center for ConservativeWomen, including at our eWomen’sNetworkluncheon, and at our 2017 ArizonaWestern Women’s Summit. She ismarried and has two daughters.
August 2019SundaymondaytuesdayWednesday“There is literally nothing more forward-leaning or life-affirming or humanityperpetuating as building a family, marrying and giving birth to children, andraising those children to adulthood.” - Mollie Hemingway456U.S. coast guardbirthday7thursdayfridaysaturday1238910purple heart day111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
SEPTEMBERMICHELLE MALKINMichelle Malkin, the recipient of ClareBoothe Luce’s 2006 Woman of theYear Award and 2004 ConservativeLeadership Award, is a graduateof Oberlin College. She has sincefounded multiple successful blogsand written bestselling books. Sheis currently a senior editor at theConservative Review and has aninvestigativeprogram,MichelleMalkin Investigates, on ConservativeReview TV (CRTV). She is a frequentlyrequested speaker and is married withtwo children.
September turday345671011121314192021labor dayV-J Day (1945)89patriot day15161718constitution day222324pow/miarecognition dayU.S. Air force birthday25262728First day of fall29Rosh Hashanah(begins at sundown)30“It’s the progressive left in this country that has viciously and systematically slimed femaleconservatives for their beliefs. We have the well-worn battle scars to prove it.” - Michelle Malkin
OCTOBERK AT I E PAV L I C HKatie Pavlich is the news editor forTownhall.com, a contributing editor toTownhall Magazine, and a New YorkTimes bestselling author. She is alsoa current National Review WashingtonFellow and is a guest host of theshows, Outnumbered and The Five,on Fox, covering issues ranging fromWhite House scandals to the SecondAmendment and border issues. Katiewas also the recipient of Clare BootheLuce’s 2013 Conservative LeadershipAward and Clare Boothe Luce’s 2014Woman of the Year Award. She hasspoken many times for the ClareBoothe Luce Center for Conservative
October urday23459101112Rosh Hashanah Ends678Yom kippur(begins at sundown)1314Yom kippur ends15161718192526U.S. navy birthdaymargaret thatcher’sbirthday (1925)columbus day20212223242728293031“Modern feminism cannot survivewithout victims.” - Katie Pavlichhalloween
NOVEMBERS TA R PA R K E RStar Parker, the recipient of ClareBoothe Luce’s 2012 ConservativeLeadership Award, founded the Centerfor Urban Renewal and Education(CURE) after 7 years of experiencingwelfare dependency first-hand. Shehas spoken before a multitude ofCBL Center for Conservative Womenaudiences for 20 years about issuesshe is passionate about from aJudeo-Christian perspective includingrace, culture, and poverty. Star mostrecently spoke at Loyola MarymountUniversity. She has two children.
November 2019SundaymondaytuesdayWednesdaythursday“It is no accident that black children today are three times more likely to have been born outof marriage, than was the case before the left declared war on the Christianity, Capitalism andConstitution that established our country.” - Star Parker345U.S. Marine CorpsBirthday7saturday1289world freedom daydaylight savingtime ends (set clockback one hour)106fridayFall of the berlinwall (1989)election day111213141516veterans day1718192021222324252627282930Thanksgiving day
DECEMBERB E V E R LYHALLBERGBeverly Hallberg is the founderand president of District MediaGroup where she runs mediatraining for members of Congress,CEOs, and politicos. She is afrequent contributor to The Hill,the Washington Examiner, andthe Daily Signal and is a regularguest on CNN and FOX News. In2018, Beverly spoke on a panelat Mount Holyoke College for theClare Boothe Luce Center forConservative Women and workswith our Summer Fellows yearly toimprove their public speaking andmedia interview skills.
december y6giving tuesdaywww.cblpi.org8910saturday7Pearl HarborRemembrance day11121314U.S. National Guardbirthday15161718192021FIRST DAY OF WINTER222324first day of winterhanukkah(begins at sundown)2925christmas eve3031Hanukkah EndsNew Year’s Eve262728christmas day“For the left, free speech is determined by whether or not they agree. Say whatthey want to hear, and they’ll let you continue. Explain a disagreement, andthey’ll try to shut you down.” - Beverly Hallberg
JANUARYCLARE BOOTHE LUCEClare Boothe Luce lived from 1903 to1987 and is the namesake of the ClareBoothe Luce Center for ConservativeWomen because of her successfulcareer and extraordinary life whichinspires today’s future leaders. Shewas a journalist during WWII, an editorand author, a playwright, an editorand author, a U.S. Congresswomanrepresenting Connecticut, and a U.S.Ambassador to Italy. She was also awoman of great faith and a mother.Clare Luce, her namesake andgranddaughter, serves on the ClareBoothe Luce Center for ConservativeWomen Board of Directors.
JANUARY 2020Sundaymondaytuesday“Courage is the ladder on which all othervirtues mount.”- Clare Boothe LuceWednesday1thursdayfridaysaturday234new year’s day56789101112131415161718lee-jackson day192021222324martin lutherking Jr. day262725MARCH FOR LIFE28293031
some of the speakers andBelow arestudents who have recently spoken atand attended our regional summits, and mentoringluncheons. The speakers are popular among ourstudents and have been great role models for manyyoung conservative women. The students picturedare some of our conservative women leaders oncampuses across the country.Student attendees at our ArizonaWomen’s Summit Luncheon.Board Member, Marji Ross, andcampus speaker, Ying Ma, withstudents at our Florida SummitJoyce Lee Malcomwith summer FellowsCBL Alumni and Speaker,Amber Atheyour left is our 2018 Student of the Year, Kelly Heilman,Pictured topicturedwith Clare Boothe Luce Program Officer,Elizabeth Campbell. Kelly got involved with Clare Boothe Luce when shewas a Freshman in college. Kelly spent the summer of 2016 as a Fellow atClare Boothe Luce and then went back to her campus to host Christina HoffSommers. Kelly’s lecture attracted so many students that the lecture hall wasstanding room only. Kelly is a fearless defender of conservative values, and anincredible role model to other students.Rachel Campos Duffy withDr. Carol SwainRachel Semmel speaking atleadership summitRachel Campos Duffy with FloridaSummit attendeesFall Intern with Heather Mac Donald
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e Boothe Luce Policy Institute 2019 Dear Friend, You honor the American flag and our national anthem. It was a great American patriot- Betsy Ross - who stitched the flag together. Today, teaching respect for the flag is too often out of fashion. However, it is never out of fashion at the Clare Boothe Luce Center for
