Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren was born in Oklahoma to middle-class parents who struggled after her father had a heart attack and could not work for a long period of time. Warren’s parents were traditional and did not expect her to go to college, but were happy to help her with the paperwork when she found a way to go without them having to pay for it.

Warren finished her college degree after marrying her first husband and then continued her education in law school after her first child, daughter Amelia, was born. Warren could not find work in a law firm after graduation, but took a job teaching at the same law school from which she had just graduated. When her husband was transferred back to Houston for his job, she got a job at the University of Houston. Warren would move on to University of Texas...