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WAND
congratulates WAND and WiLL members who were elected
to Congress: 2004
WAND
is very proud to announce that we have two new WAND/WiLL
women coming to Congress in January. All 34 WAND/WiLL
women already in Congress will also be returning.
Newly
seated will be Gwen Moore of Wisconsin
4 and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of
Florida 20. Both women previously served in their
State Legislatures, and will be valuable assets to
the WAND agenda in Congress.
We
are also happy to announce that WAND/WiLL member of
the U.S. House, Cynthia McKinney,
will be returning to Congress from Georgia 4. Her
long service to WAND priorities, including arms trade
issues and peace, has been missed during her absence.
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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
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WiLL
member Debbie
Wasserman Schultz (D) has
dedicated her career to representing the citizens
of Florida. After graduating from University of
Florida with a master's degree in political science,
Wasserman Schultz went to the Florida State House,
serving as the youngest woman ever elected. After
eight years (1992-2000), she was elected to the
Florida State Senate. Education, children’s
issues, insurance law, and gender equity have
been the major focus of her personal legislative
agenda. During her career in the state legislature,
she chaired the House Committee on Higher Education
(1994-96). Wasserman Schultz lives in Weston,
FL, with her husband, Steve Schultz, and their
three children. |
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