What H.R. 9701 and S. 5152 Would Actually Do Who Counts as a Daughter? Bloodline, Belonging, and the Limits of Reform in the Daughters of the American Revolution · Part 7 · First published 20 October 2026 Updated 22 October 2026 Less than three weeks after the June vote, the dispute inside the DAR became a question for Congress. Two bills would amend the Society's federal charter to define who may join. This post lays out what they say, where they stand, and the premises be

A Federal Charter Is Not What You Think It Is Who Counts as a Daughter? Bloodline, Belonging, and the Limits of Reform in the Daughters of the American Revolution · Part 4 · First published 16 October 2026 Updated 22 October 2026 In three years of argument over DAR membership, one phrase has done a lot of work: congressional charter. In comment threads, I've seen it used to mean that Congress oversees the DAR, that Congress has the final say over its members, or that the char

In June 2026, delegates gathered in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., voted on whether the Daughters of the American Revolution should write a definition of "woman" into its bylaws. The resolution was aimed at transgender women, and it was defeated.