Daughters Advocating for Restoration is now designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit making your donations tax-deductible!

Daughters Advocating for Restoration needs your help! We are raising funds to help us see a victory in RESTORING AND PRESERVING the Daughters of the American Revolution as a women’s only organization!

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Mission Statement: Daughters Advocating for Restoration is dedicated to Restoring, preserving, and promoting women-only membership in historical women-only societies as according to the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God. Our mission is to advocate for the protection, recognition, and Restoration of exclusive female-at-birth membership for historic women-only societies so that they may thrive free from external pressures. We achieve this by conducting educational campaigns, supporting policy initiatives, policy research, public education, community engagement, and building coalitions, with a commitment to Truth, Divine Providence, and God.

Purpose: The organization is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to restore, preserve and promote American heritage and American cultural traditions, and to specifically advocate for women-only membership in historical women-only societies as according to the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God through conducting educational campaigns, supporting policy initiatives, policy research, public education, community engagement, building coalitions, and limited lobbying consistent with its exempt status.

Current Focus: There is a grassroots campaign underway by members to compel the President General to call a Special Meeting according to Article VIII, Section 7 of the NSDAR National Bylaws. This Special Meeting shall be called at the request of thirty chapters in ten states. The anticipated date of the Special Meeting is October 11, 2026 – this is the 136th anniversary of the DAR and falls within the bisesquicentennial birth of America! Members and Chapters of the DAR are in no way affiliated with Daughters Advocating for Restoration.

At this Special Meeting, the Daughters will vote on a Resolution that will once and for all, define a woman and codify the eligibility requirements for membership in the DAR, explicitly excluding men who self-identify as women. The Resolution reads:

Whereas, Robert’s Rules of Order, the adopted parliamentary authority of DAR, prescribes that the interpretation of a bylaw provision “should be in accordance with the intention of the society at the time the bylaw was adopted;”

Whereas, Robert’s Rules of Order provides that, in the case of interpreting a bylaw provision, “a majority vote is all that is required to decide the question;”

Whereas, Robert’s Rules of Order provides that “When the meaning is clear, however, the society, even by a unanimous vote, cannot change that meaning except by amending its bylaws;”

Whereas, the eligibility requirement that a member of DAR must be a woman was established in the Constitution and Bylaws of DAR, adopted in 1890;

Whereas, DAR was incorporated by the Fifty-fourth Congress of the United States of America on February 20, 1896; and

Whereas, Robert’s Rules of Order provides that “… the society’s assembly can give the board instructions which it must carry out …” and “… no action of the board can alter or conflict with any decision made by the assembly of the society… ;” now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That in Article III, Section 1 of the Bylaws, the term “woman” shall be understood to clearly mean a woman who was born female, and therefore, individuals who were born male shall not be eligible for membership; transgender women shall not be eligible for membership; and men who have their birth certificates changed from male to female shall not be eligible for membership;

Resolved, That the National Board of Management, the Executive Committee, the Officers, and all other individuals and bodies acting on behalf of DAR shall immediately adhere to this understanding of the Bylaws in regard to the meaning of the word “woman” and in regard to the application of the Bylaws;

Resolved, That the National Board of Management, the Executive Committee, the Officers, and all other individuals and bodies acting on behalf of DAR shall be prohibited from applying any different meaning to the word “woman” in regard to applying the rules set forth in the Bylaws; and

Resolved, That anywhere the term “woman” appears in the rules of DAR it shall be understood to have the same clear meaning as set forth in the first resolved clause of this resolution, and the application of any rule shall be in accordance with this understanding of the meaning of the word “woman.”

Please consider donating to this cause and be counted among those who help RESTORE and preserve the Daughters of the American Revolution as it was founded – by women, for women!

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