April 26, 1939

Grandmother, 2A Activist

• She learned to shoot “squirrels and rabbits for dinner” with a .22 bolt-action single-shot rifle
• Florida’s top gun lobbyist
• 1974 – Present – NRA lobbyist from Florida
• 1976 – Today – Runs the Unified Sportsmen of Florida (USF)
• 1987 – Lobbied for Florida concealed-carry (CCW) 
• 1988 – creator of the NRA Eddie Eagle Program
• Created the Range Protection Act.
• 1993 – Outstanding Community Service Award from National Safety Council
• 1995 to 1998 – 1st female president of the National Rifle Association NRA
• 2005 – Florida Women’s Hall of Fame
• 2005 – Involved in the Florida Stand-your-ground law – “one of the chief architects”  first to be passed in the United States