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Lisa Blunt Rochester

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Lisa Blunt Rochester Quotes

Total quotes: 3

Lisa Blunt Rochester photo

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Birthname

Birthday: February 10, 1962

Educated At: University Of Delaware, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Padua Academy

Political Parties: Democratic Party

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Congressional Staff, Politician

Total quotes: 3

“As a young, young girl, I probably didn't know about women like Rosa Parks. I wasn't that kid who said, 'Someday, I want to be in Congress.' But I knew my grandmothers, and they were incredible people.”

— Lisa Blunt Rochester, How Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester Turned Her All-Consuming Grief Into Political Motivation

Tagged: Rosa Parks, Congress, Dream

“And as I grew up, I was lucky that my first bosses, the ones that really took me under their wings, were very strong women who guided me and pushed me.”

— Lisa Blunt Rochester, How Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester Turned Her All-Consuming Grief Into Political Motivation

Tagged: Bosses, Strong Women, Female Role Models

“My mother's mother worked at a ball-bearing plant. She was a steelworker at a time when it wasn't common to see a woman in that position. Eventually she became a union leader and an activist, trying to stop drugs in her community. (She and her family were pushed out of their neighborhood by drug dealers.)”

— Lisa Blunt Rochester, How Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester Turned Her All-Consuming Grief Into Political Motivation

Tagged: grandmother, Working Class, union leader, Drugs

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