When the DAR Went Woke
When the DAR Went Woke Amy Denton | 6:16 PM on July 15, 2026 WW Norton & Co. via AP The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on Oct. Its founding was based on the rejection of women wanting to join the Sons of the American Revolution. The reason for the rejection was simple: no women in a men’s organization.
- ▪When the DAR Went Woke Amy Denton | 6:16 PM on July 15, 2026 WW Norton & Co. via AP The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on Oct.
- ▪Its founding was based on the rejection of women wanting to join the Sons of the American Revolution.
- ▪The reason for the rejection was simple: no women in a men’s organization.
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When the DAR Went Woke Amy Denton | 6:16 PM on July 15, 2026 WW Norton & Co. via AP The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on Oct. 11, 1890. Its founding was based on the rejection of women wanting to join the Sons of the American Revolution. The reason for the rejection was simple: no women in a men’s organization. The same was true in the DAR: no men in a women’s organization until June 25, 2026. On that day, much to the horror of a large portion of the membership, the National Board of Management, the group that runs the day-to-day business, voted down a resolution that would have retained the requirement that all women joining are women, as in biological females. They chose to open membership to men who can produce a birth certificate stating that they are female.
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