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Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin was born 11 Feb 1964 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, [[Idaho]], the third of four children of Chuck and Sally Heath.<ref>page 15</ref> Sarah's older siblings are Chuck Jr and Heather, and her younger sibling is Molly Heath.<ref>page 16</ref> The family moved to Alaska when Sarah was two months old, where her father Charles "Chuck" Heath taught school at Skagway. In 1971 the family moved to Wasilla. |
Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin was born 11 Feb 1964 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, [[Idaho]], the third of four children of Chuck and Sally Heath.<ref name>Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down by Kaylene Johnson; page 15</ref> Sarah's older siblings are Chuck Jr and Heather, and her younger sibling is Molly Heath.<ref>page 16</ref> The family moved to Alaska when Sarah was two months old, where her father Charles "Chuck" Heath taught school at Skagway. In 1971 the family moved to Wasilla. |
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"To help make ends meet, Chuck Heath moonlighted as a hunting and fishing guide and as a bartender, and even worked on the Alaska Railroad for a time. Sally worked as a school secretary and ran their busy household."<ref>page 16</ref> |
"To help make ends meet, Chuck Heath moonlighted as a hunting and fishing guide and as a bartender, and even worked on the Alaska Railroad for a time. Sally worked as a school secretary and ran their busy household."<ref>page 16</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:06, 2 September 2008
Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin, Governor of Alaska and Republican Vice-Presidential candidate in 2008.
http://gov.state.ak.us/Palin-small.jpg
Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin was born 11 Feb 1964 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, Idaho, the third of four children of Chuck and Sally Heath.[1] Sarah's older siblings are Chuck Jr and Heather, and her younger sibling is Molly Heath.[2] The family moved to Alaska when Sarah was two months old, where her father Charles "Chuck" Heath taught school at Skagway. In 1971 the family moved to Wasilla.
"To help make ends meet, Chuck Heath moonlighted as a hunting and fishing guide and as a bartender, and even worked on the Alaska Railroad for a time. Sally worked as a school secretary and ran their busy household."[3]
Sarah Heath entered the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant and won.[4] "The scholarship she won did help pay for college..."
Sarah Heath received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. She is married to Todd Palin, who is a lifelong Alaskan.
Todd and Sarah have five children — Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig.
Sarah Palin was elected the first female Governor of Alaska, taking office 4 Dec 2006.
Sources
- "Sarah Louise Heath Palin", myspace.com
- newrelease on http://gov.state.ak.us/
- "Sarah Palin", biography on http://gov.state.ak.us/
- "Sarah Palin" on Wikipedia
- "Talk:Sarah Palin" on Wikipedia
- "Palin pleased with Obama's energy plan", Google cache of one of her newsreleases, but now removed from the Gov.State.AK.US site
- Wall Street Journal, naming her parents as "Chuck and Sally"
- Ancestry of Sarah Palin, by Robert Battle