Daughters of The American Revolution - Notable DAR Members

Notable DAR Members

Past members
  • Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist
  • Clara Barton, American Red Cross founder
  • Estelle Skidmore Doremus, supporter of the New York Philharmonic
  • Lillian Gish, American actress
  • Grandma Moses, American folk artist
  • Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer
  • Caroline Scott Harrison, former First Lady of the United States
  • Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Spanish princess and author
  • Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science church
Living members
  • Suzanne Bishopric, treasurer of the United Nations
  • Dr. Betsy Boze, American academic—Chief Executive Officer and Dean, Kent State University Stark
  • Laura Welch Bush, former First Lady of the United States
  • Rosalynn Smith Carter, former First Lady of the United States, politician, political and social activist
  • Elizabeth Hanford Dole, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, former Transportation secretary, Labor secretary, American Red Cross president, Federal Trade Commissioner, Presidential candidate, and Presidential advisor
  • Janet Reno, former Attorney General of the United States
  • Bo Derek, actress, former model, and conservative political activist
  • Phyllis Schlafly, conservative political activist and writer
Honorary members
  • 2007, Patriot, Mary Hemings Bell, slave of Thomas Jefferson, was posthumously honored, as she was held as a British prisoner-of-war during the Revolution. All her female descendants are eligible for the DAR.

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