ORGANIZATION

Nonprofit conservative think tank, founded in 1992 by Ricky Silberman and Barbara Olson. Effectively an anti-women's rights group, vocally opposing virtually everything that most women's rights activists support.

Board of Directors as of October 2006: Chairman Heather R. Higgins, Mary Arnold, Carol T. Crawford, Randy Parris Kendrick, Lawrence Kudlow, Nancy Mitchell Pfotenhauer, Ricky Silberman.

Directors Emeritae: Lynne Cheney, Midge Decter, Kimberly O. Dennis, Wendy Gramm, Elizabeth Lurie, Kate O'Beirne, Louise V. Oliver.

Official Website:
http://www.iwf.org/

Founding Date:
1992

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charlotte Allen	Journalist	?		Conservative writer
Michelle Bernard	Activist	c. 1964		Conservative commentator
Elaine Chao	Government	26-Mar-1953		US Secretary of Labor, 2001-09
Linda Chavez	Activist	17-Jun-1947		Neoconservative activist, pundit
Lynne Cheney	First Lady	14-Aug-1941		Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney
Barbara Comstock	Government	c. 1959		Republican opposition research expert
Carol T. Crawford	Business	25-Feb-1943		US Intl. Trade Commission, 1991-2000
Midge Decter	Journalist	25-Jul-1927		Neoconservative maven
Kimberly O. Dennis	Activist	?		Searle Freedom Trust
Wendy Gramm	Business	9-Jan-1945		Phil Gramm's wife, ex-Enron board member
Heather R. Higgins	Activist	1959		Chairman, Independent Women's Forum
Amy Holmes	Columnist	25-Jul-1973		BET host, conservative commentator
Laura Ingraham	Pundit	19-Jun-1964		The Hillary Trap
Joan W. Konner	Journalist	c. 1929		Dean, Columbia School of Journalism, 1988-97
Lawrence Kudlow	Economist	20-Aug-1947		Kudlow & Cramer
Leslie Lenkowsky	Government	30-Mar-1946		Philanthropic Studies
Carol Platt Liebau	Pundit	13-Feb-1967		Prude
Carrie Lukas	Activist	?		Independent Women's Forum
Karen J. Mathis	Attorney	c. 1950		President of the ABA, 2006-07
Kate O'Beirne	Columnist	c. 1949		Conservative pundit
Barbara Olson	TV Personality	27-Dec-1955	11-Sep-2001	Conservative TV pundit
Ted Olson	Government	11-Sep-1940		US Solicitor General, 2001-04
Nancy Mitchell Pfotenhauer	Activist	?		Independent Women's Forum
Sally C. Pipes	Activist	?		Pacific Research Institute
Richard Scaife	Activist	3-Jul-1932	4-Jul-2014	The Republican George Soros
Lisa Schiffren	Activist	c. 1960		Former Quayle speechwriter
Ricky Silberman	Activist	1937	18-Feb-2007	Cofounder, Independent Women's Forum
Christina Hoff Sommers	Author	1950		Who Stole Feminism?
Abigail Thernstrom	Author	1936		Opponent of Affirmative Action
Victoria Toensing	Pundit	16-Oct-1941		Washington lawyer

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