Elizabeth Edwards
Mary Elizabeth Edwards (birth name: Mary Elizabeth Anania) (born July 3, 1949 in Jacksonville , Florida - † December 7, 2010 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina ) was an American lawyer and author and was the wife of the former Democratic US North Carolina Senator and former nominee for Vice President of the United States John Edwards .
biography
The daughter of a pilot of the US Navy studied after school first at Mary Washington College and following English Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where they have a Bachelor of Arts acquired (BA English). A subsequent study of law at the Law School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she finished with a Juris Doctor (JD).
While studying, she married her fellow student John Edwards on July 30, 1977 and had four children with him (Wade, Catherine, Emma Claire and Jack). After completing her studies and admission to the bar, she became a lawyer with the Harwell Barr Martin & Sloan law firm in 1978 before moving to the law firm Merriman, Nicholls, and Crampton in 1981, where she worked until 1996.
After retiring from work and the death of her first son Wade in a car accident on April 4, 1996, she supported her husband in his political career, during which he was elected Senator for North Carolina in 1998 and next to presidential candidate John Kerry for the Running for US Vice President. She was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time during the 2004 US presidential election, which Kerry and Edwards lost .
In the following years she occupied herself with the writing and published with Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers (2006) and Resilience (2009) two books. In between, she supported the application of her husband in his candidacy for the presidential election in the United States in 2008 , which he withdrew after defeat in the primary elections ( Primaries ) .
In January 2010, Elizabeth and John Edwards separated. Almost eleven months later, she died of complications from her breast cancer.
Web links
- Elizabeth Edwards in nndb (English)
- USA TODAY: Elizabeth Edwards dies after battling cancer (December 7, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edwards, Elizabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anania, Mary Elizabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jacksonville , Florida |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 2010 |
| Place of death | Chapel Hill , North Carolina |