Sarah Palin
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| − | Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin was born 11 Feb 1964 in Sandpoint, [[Idaho]] and moved to Alaska | + | Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin was born 11 Feb 1964 in Sandpoint, Bonner County, [[Idaho]], the third of four children of Chuck and Sally Heath.(''Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down'', by Kaylene Johnson; page 15) Sarah's older siblings are Chuck Jr and Heather, and her younger sibling is Molly Heath.(Ibid. p16) 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."(Ibid. p16) | ||
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| + | Sarah Heath was chosen as Miss Wasilla in a beauty pageant. "The scholarship she won did help pay for college..."(Ibid. p21) She went on to become the 1st runner-up in the Miss Alaska Pageant and received the Miss Congeniality award the same year.([http://www.missalaskapageant.com/ Miss Alaska Pageant official site]) | ||
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| + | 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. | 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. | Sarah Palin was elected the first female Governor of Alaska, taking office 4 Dec 2006. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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*[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122029820265387853.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ''Wall Street Journal''], naming her parents as "Chuck and Sally" | *[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122029820265387853.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ''Wall Street Journal''], naming her parents as "Chuck and Sally" | ||
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/palin.htm Ancestry of Sarah Palin], by Robert Battle | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/palin.htm Ancestry of Sarah Palin], by Robert Battle | ||
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| + | [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] | ||
