Rorher explains the role of women in the Republican Party in Forsyth County, North Carolina, during the late 1950s and 1960s. According to Rorher, women played a prominent role in the effort to establish the Republican Party in North Carolina and to get women into public office during those years. Elected as vice-chair of the state party in 1970, Rorher explains that throughout the 1960s she actively worked to get women involved. In particular, she sought to transform the Federation of Republican Woman from what she calls a "social club with their hats and their white gloves" into an active group with politically involved women.