Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnsonis a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. An African-American, she is the first registered nurse elected to the U.S. Congress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 December 1935
CountryUnited States of America
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Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far.
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We can't go all over the world killing people because we disagree with them.
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Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace.
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We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
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Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it.
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Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace.
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
country people voting
I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
running men community
During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
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I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.