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- NAME: Carol Moseley Braun
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, U.S. Representative
- BIRTH DATE: August 16, 1947 (Age: 65)
- EDUCATION: University of Illinois, University of Illinois College of Law
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
- ZODIAC SIGN: Leo
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A leading African American political figure, Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman to be elected to the US Senate.
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In 2003, she campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination. Moseley Braun opposed the war in Iraq and spoke out about the country’s economic situation, but she dropped out of the race in early 2004 after failing to garner enough support. She asked her supporters to vote for Howard Dean.
Since then,
Moseley Braun has been working as a business consultant and started an organic foods company called Good Foods Organics. She has one child - a son named Michael from her marriage to Michael Braun, which ended in divorce.
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