She's about my age, faced many of the same issues I did growing up and getting educated.
She's fighting a necessary battle to regulate and control the financial institutions that have led our economy and so many households to the brink of collapse.
Do you know her? Her name is Elizabeth Warren. The Boston Globe just published a very nice article about her, which I'm pleased to offer to you courtesy of Commondreams.
http://www.commondreams.org/...
Elizabeth Warren grew up in a middle class family in Oklahoma that found itself slipping further and further behind.
Elizabeth Warren on the strength of talent and ambition managed to earn herself an Ivy League education.
She became a respected educator and an authority on the financial industry.
She's the woman President Obama has selected to craft a means to keep Americans safe from predation by the financial services industry.
I think that she's a real heroine for our times.
It's interesting to me that two women, Elizabeth Warren and Brooksley Born, both have operated a bit under the radar but have been so central to our understanding of what has happened to our economy and why, and to helping us figure out what needs to be done so it can't happen again.
I saw the article about Elizabeth Warren and decided Kossaks might like to learn more about her. I could really identify with what she faced getting her education and establishing her career.