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10 Reasons Elizabeth Warren Is The Perfect Role Model

"Nevertheless, She Persisted"

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10 Reasons Elizabeth Warren Is The Perfect Role Model
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Elizabeth Warren is, in my humble opinion, one of the best possible role models for young women that is in our country's government today. The following are reasons why she is a powerful person to draw inspiration from, and a reason why none of us should stop persisting.

1. She was the youngest child and the only girl, yet she was the first member of her family to graduate from college.

She originally attended George Washington University on a full scholarship, then transferred to the University of Houston when she married her husband, and finished her first degree in speech pathology.

2. Warren originally worked in public schooling with special needs children.

3. When her first child turned 2, she started her graduate degree in Law at Rutgers University.

Warren was known for her exploration of bankruptcy and commercial law, and how it affected middle class families, women, the working poor, and the elderly.

4. She has taught Law at the University of Houston, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania, and when she's not serving in congress, s.he is a permanent professor at Harvard

5. She was the Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel.

She kept banks in line, headed investigations, conducted televised hearings, lead interviews with government officials, and submitted monthly reports demanding banks be accountable.

6. She was appointed Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury by Barack Obama

She stepped down in 2011, largely in part to her decision to run for one of Massachusetts' Senate seats.

7. As part of her position, she helped design the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

It's purpose was one of Warren's passions: protecting consumers. It made credit lenders accountable and protected consumer from unwittingly signing up for risky loans. Though, later due to Republican opposition, she was not chosen to be the head of this committee.

8. She was the first woman ever elected to the Senate in Massachusetts.

She won the election in a 54-46 percent win over incumbent Republican Scott Brown, even though in early polls he had been five points higher than her.

9. She was chosen to fill a newly created position as 2014 Strategic Adviser of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.

She was tasked with re-shaping party values and making them stronger together.

10. She was silenced by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, but she DID NOT STAY SILENT.

At Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing when she began to read Coretta Scott King's letter to the Senate in 1986 to reject Session's nomination as a Federal Judge, McConnell silenced her by saying that she was infringing on Senate Rule 19 and that she was "impinging on the motives and conduct of our colleague from Alabama". She did not let this stop her though, as she then went to read the entire letter on Facebook live to a whopping 7.2 million viewers.

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