Faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, Women’s Rights activist, former journalist, Democratic politician, congresswoman, Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law and soon-to-be grandmother — Marjorie Margolies is engaged in a competitive Democratic primary to represent the state’s deep-blue 13th Congressional District in the Philadelphia suburbs.
As the President of Women’s Campaign International (WCI), a group that provides advocacy training for women throughout the world, Marjorie’s WCI was the first international organization to bring Bosnian and Serbian women together. “WCI has gone to some of the most dangerous places in the world – including Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Columbia, and more – to help empower women,” Margolies shared with Wendy & Baby Hope Diamond.
Margolies’ career has encompassed many “firsts” along the ride. She was one of the first woman television journalists on the ground in Vietnam; the first unmarried U.S. citizen to adopt a foreign child; the first woman ever elected to Congress from Pennsylvania in her own right, and the first Democrat since 1916 elected from Pennsylvania’s 13th District.
Additionally, she penned They Came to Stay, chronicling the adoption of her two daughters, and A Woman’s Place… The Freshmen Women Who Changed the Face of Congress, gaining her the title of a best selling author.
Along with all of Margolies’ many accomplishments, she has raised twelve children … quite a litter! She is also the grandmother to adorable pup, Soren! Chelsea and husband Marc’s miniature Yorkshire terrier “is named after the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard” says Chelsea Clinton.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. for today’s primary election in Pennsylvania. Go Vote!!
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Originally published on Animal Fair, May 2014.
