Elizabeth Warren Accomplishments

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“A Fighting Chance,” that is the title of her book. A book about financial situations in the United States and the people affected by these circumstances, and the life story of a world renowned professor,senator, and democratic rockstar named Elizabeth Warren. Elizabeth Warren came from meager means and made it and that is what she wants for every child in America. This is the story of a woman who has been fighting since her father had a heart attack and her mother got a minimum wage job just to get by, all the way to today where she fights for American families who have fallen on hard times.
When Elizabeth was young her family was never rich, her father, who she still fondly refers to as “my daddy,” had a heart attack and was put out of work. A few months later, he was able to return to his place of employment, but not his job.
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It would be impossible to include every position she has taken at every college, or every committee she has served on, or every bill she has sponsored in the senate. There is enough content from her life to write a book and still not cover it all. In fact, Warren herself did just that in her book A Fighting Chance. In her book she documents and discusses all her trials and tribulations as well as her accomplishments and achievements. Her life has been a fight to give others the fighting chance her mother had that benefited her whole family. It has not been easy, she has lost fights and loved ones, each of which she details in her book. Every loss, whether it be a political failure or that of a parent, friend, pet, or relationship, only makes her fight harder. She does struggle and stumble and is not afraid to admit it because everyone does, and that is why she fights, she wants everyone who stumbles to be able to get back up. This ambition, determination, and principles living is what has propelled thus far, and it continues to do

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