Education
Bachelor of Science, Bridgewater State College, 1967; Master of Education, Boston University, 1971; postgraduate, Boston College, since 1997.
Bachelor of Science, Bridgewater State College, 1967; Master of Education, Boston University, 1971; postgraduate, Boston College, since 1997.
Member, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Boston, since 1979; majority whip, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Boston, 1984, 92-96; assistant majority whip, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Boston, 1991; member house rules and joint rules committees, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Boston house vice chairperson election laws, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Boston elementary teacher, Somerset (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1966-1970; special education teacher, Somerset (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1970-1974; administrator special needs, Somerset (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1974-1978. Board directors Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank, Steppinstone.
Member of advisory board Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Center. Chair Democratic State Committee, 1993-1995, delegate, 1980. Chairwoman Massachusetts Democratic Party, since 1997.
Member League of Women Voters, National Organization for Women, Women's Political Caucus, Somerset Catholic Womens Club, Business and Professional Women's Club.