Wright Joins the Ranks at the National First Ladies Day Commission

Board opens permanent seat for president generals of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Pamela Rouse Wright is the president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and a newly appointed member of the National First Ladies Day Commission. (Photo courtesy of the National First Ladies Day Commission)

The National First Ladies Day Commission has appointed Pamela Rouse Wright, the president general of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, to its board of trustees, the commission announced earlier this month.

This is the first person serving as president general of the DAR to join the NFLDC at the recommendation and invitation of Rev. Nicholas W. Inman of Marshfield, Missouri, who launched the commission in 2021 and envisioned a day to recognize and celebrate the enduring contributions of first ladies to the nation’s history, culture and civic life.

“I am delighted to accept in honor of our first President General Caroline Scott Harrison,” Wright said in a statement. Harrison served as first lady of the United States from 1889 un…