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Marian Wright Edelman | Arianna Huffington | Carol Moseley Braun | U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey | U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore

Congresswoman Gwen Moore

Gwen Moore has come a long way to the corridors of power. The eighth of nine children, she was the child of a factory worker and a public school teacher. While attending an inner-city Milwaukee high school, Moore understood her prospects for college were bleak. However, she chose to face the challenges “head on”: she served as student council president and worked to support her family.

She went on to Marquette University in Milwaukee — starting college as an expectant mother dependent on welfare. Moore eventually earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

After an early career in public service — including time as a VISTA volunteer — Moore won two consecutive terms to the Wisconsin State Assembly (1989-92), and in 1992 was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate (the first African-American woman in this office). Her overwhelming victory in the 4th district this past November made her the first African-American from Wisconsin in the U.S. Congress.


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