Background
Fox, Gloria L. was born on March 18, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Fox, Gloria L. was born on March 18, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Raised as a foster child, Fox attended Boston and Everett public schools. She has also completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Community Fellows program
She has been a state representative since 1987. Fox first ran for the 7th Suffolk seat in 1984, losing a write-in campaign against six-term incumbent and Democratic nominee Doris Bunte. Fox ran for the seat again in 1986, when Bunte announced her retirement from the legislature.
Fox faces two challengers in the 2012 primaries, her first contested primary race since 1994.
Fox serves on the Joint Committee on Housing as vice chair, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, the House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling, and the House Committee on Ways and Means. In 2009, Fox came under scrutiny for a visit she made to the Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
While visiting inmate Darrell Jones, Fox was accompanied by Jones" girlfriend, Joanna Marinova. Fox was criticized for bringing Marinova into an unsecured area through her legislative privileges.
Fox responded by denying any wrongdoing, and that she was unaware that Marinova was Jones" girlfriend.
On March 19, 2014 a jury found the Boston Herald liable in the libel suit brought by Marinova, citing the fact that no sexual acts occurred while Fox and Marinova visited the prison, as the Herald had reported. Fox voted against casino gambling in Massachusetts, and opposed a "three-strikes" bill that passed through the legislature and was signed by Governor Deval Patrick.
Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Urban League Eastern Massachusetts.