Carol Ann Vander Jagt dies; worked in Reagan's
1984 campaign
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984.
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984. (Family Photo) Carol Ann Vander Jagt, 73, the hands-on political spouse of Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (R-Mich.), a former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, died Dec. 19 of cancer at her home in Great Falls.
Mrs. Vander Jagt, in addition to supporting her husband's 26-year congressional career, was co-chairman of the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign. She was director of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Spouse Activities, helping to teach the spouses of newly elected Republicans the ways of Capitol Hill. She was also a past president of the International Neighbors Club IV, which promoted goodwill among spouses of diplomats, government officials and Washington residents.
"Our image as being pure and prim is as far off as this other extreme, of course," she told The Washington Post in 1981 as the capital was tittering about Playboy model Rita Jenrette and her estranged husband, Rep. John Jenrette (D-S.C.) of Abscam fame. "We've always had the image of being quiet little mice, who stand behind their husbands. The truth is, we're a very diverse group."
Carol Ann Doorn was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and was one of the first women licensed as a stockbroker in the state. She married in 1964 and quickly became her new husband's campaign manager in his run for state office and then for Congress in 1966. She launched his annual fundraiser, "Fry for Guy," an important political event in Michigan.
In Washington, where she had lived since 1966, she was active in the Republican Women's Federal Forum, served as a political consultant to the Fund for America's Future, and joined the Committee of 21, a human rights group that focused on Soviet prisoners of conscience, and Congressional Wives for Soviet Jews. She was chairwoman of the executive panel of the board of the National Business Consortium for the Gifted and Talented.
Her husband died in 2007.
Survivors include her daughter, Virginia Marie Vander Jagt of Arlington County
1984 campaign
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984.
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984. (Family Photo) Carol Ann Vander Jagt, 73, the hands-on political spouse of Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (R-Mich.), a former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, died Dec. 19 of cancer at her home in Great Falls.
Mrs. Vander Jagt, in addition to supporting her husband's 26-year congressional career, was co-chairman of the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign. She was director of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Spouse Activities, helping to teach the spouses of newly elected Republicans the ways of Capitol Hill. She was also a past president of the International Neighbors Club IV, which promoted goodwill among spouses of diplomats, government officials and Washington residents.
"Our image as being pure and prim is as far off as this other extreme, of course," she told The Washington Post in 1981 as the capital was tittering about Playboy model Rita Jenrette and her estranged husband, Rep. John Jenrette (D-S.C.) of Abscam fame. "We've always had the image of being quiet little mice, who stand behind their husbands. The truth is, we're a very diverse group."
Carol Ann Doorn was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and was one of the first women licensed as a stockbroker in the state. She married in 1964 and quickly became her new husband's campaign manager in his run for state office and then for Congress in 1966. She launched his annual fundraiser, "Fry for Guy," an important political event in Michigan.
In Washington, where she had lived since 1966, she was active in the Republican Women's Federal Forum, served as a political consultant to the Fund for America's Future, and joined the Committee of 21, a human rights group that focused on Soviet prisoners of conscience, and Congressional Wives for Soviet Jews. She was chairwoman of the executive panel of the board of the National Business Consortium for the Gifted and Talented.
Her husband died in 2007.
Survivors include her daughter, Virginia Marie Vander Jagt of Arlington County
Carol Ann Vander Jagt dies; worked in Reagan's
1984 campaign
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984.
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984. (Family Photo) Carol Ann Vander Jagt, 73, the hands-on political spouse of Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (R-Mich.), a former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, died Dec. 19 of cancer at her home in Great Falls.
Mrs. Vander Jagt, in addition to supporting her husband's 26-year congressional career, was co-chairman of the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign. She was director of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Spouse Activities, helping to teach the spouses of newly elected Republicans the ways of Capitol Hill. She was also a past president of the International Neighbors Club IV, which promoted goodwill among spouses of diplomats, government officials and Washington residents.
"Our image as being pure and prim is as far off as this other extreme, of course," she told The Washington Post in 1981 as the capital was tittering about Playboy model Rita Jenrette and her estranged husband, Rep. John Jenrette (D-S.C.) of Abscam fame. "We've always had the image of being quiet little mice, who stand behind their husbands. The truth is, we're a very diverse group."
Carol Ann Doorn was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and was one of the first women licensed as a stockbroker in the state. She married in 1964 and quickly became her new husband's campaign manager in his run for state office and then for Congress in 1966. She launched his annual fundraiser, "Fry for Guy," an important political event in Michigan.
In Washington, where she had lived since 1966, she was active in the Republican Women's Federal Forum, served as a political consultant to the Fund for America's Future, and joined the Committee of 21, a human rights group that focused on Soviet prisoners of conscience, and Congressional Wives for Soviet Jews. She was chairwoman of the executive panel of the board of the National Business Consortium for the Gifted and Talented.
Her husband died in 2007.
Survivors include her daughter, Virginia Marie Vander Jagt of Arlington County
1984 campaign
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984.
Mrs. Vander Jagt co-chaired the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's reelection campaign in 1984. (Family Photo) Carol Ann Vander Jagt, 73, the hands-on political spouse of Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (R-Mich.), a former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, died Dec. 19 of cancer at her home in Great Falls.
Mrs. Vander Jagt, in addition to supporting her husband's 26-year congressional career, was co-chairman of the national voter registration drive for President Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign. She was director of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Spouse Activities, helping to teach the spouses of newly elected Republicans the ways of Capitol Hill. She was also a past president of the International Neighbors Club IV, which promoted goodwill among spouses of diplomats, government officials and Washington residents.
"Our image as being pure and prim is as far off as this other extreme, of course," she told The Washington Post in 1981 as the capital was tittering about Playboy model Rita Jenrette and her estranged husband, Rep. John Jenrette (D-S.C.) of Abscam fame. "We've always had the image of being quiet little mice, who stand behind their husbands. The truth is, we're a very diverse group."
Carol Ann Doorn was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and was one of the first women licensed as a stockbroker in the state. She married in 1964 and quickly became her new husband's campaign manager in his run for state office and then for Congress in 1966. She launched his annual fundraiser, "Fry for Guy," an important political event in Michigan.
In Washington, where she had lived since 1966, she was active in the Republican Women's Federal Forum, served as a political consultant to the Fund for America's Future, and joined the Committee of 21, a human rights group that focused on Soviet prisoners of conscience, and Congressional Wives for Soviet Jews. She was chairwoman of the executive panel of the board of the National Business Consortium for the Gifted and Talented.
Her husband died in 2007.
Survivors include her daughter, Virginia Marie Vander Jagt of Arlington County
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