Women in Politics Foundation 25th Anniversary Celebration

September 27, 2025

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Please join us to celebrate 25 years of supporting women at the table of all levels of government. That’s 25 years of candidate campaign schools, voter registration projects and outreach to protect our reproductive rights. No doubt, we are facing some distressing times, but the Women in Politics Foundation was created for just such a challenge.

Our Founder, Rosemary Smithson, knew the fight for rights would be a marathon. She had the foresight to create an endowment that would grow and allow us to provide an ever-increasing amount in grants each year. Our job is to keep the momentum going.

First Gathering

The first gathering of the Foundation Founders in 1999

First Foundation Board

Members of the first Foundation Board: Rosemary Smithson, Betsy Beasley, Judith Zillner, and Arlene Mathews

2025 Campaign School

Class of January 2025 Campaign School

Reaching Out

2024 Voter Registration Grant Recipients Reaching Out

Advocating for Reproductive Rights

Come and celebrate with us and gain some inspiration for the next 25 years from our speakers, Kansas State Rep. Susan Ruiz and former Missouri legislative candidate and firebrand Jessica Piper, a master of grassroots organizing as Executive Director of Blue Missouri. They are the embodiment of what it takes to succeed.

Women in Politics Foundation Inc.

25th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday, September 27, 2025 | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Sulgrave Regency | 200 W. 49 Street, Kansas City, MO. 64112