Gwen Moore
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 4th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Jerry Kleczka |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 4th district |
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In office January 1993 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Ulichny |
| Succeeded by | Lena Taylor |
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Gwendolynne Sophia Moore April 18, 1951 Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Marquette University (BA) |
| Website | House website |
Gwendolynne Sophia "Gwen" Moore (born April 18, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, serving since 2005. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district is based in Milwaukee and as a result of the 2011 redistricting also includes some nearby Milwaukee County suburbs: Bayside, Brown Deer, Cudahy, Fox Point, Glendale, St. Francis, South Milwaukee, West Milwaukee, Shorewood and Whitefish Bay. She is the first woman to represent the district. She is also the second woman after Tammy Baldwin and the first African-American elected to Congress from Wisconsin.
Moore was born in Racine, but has spent most of her life in Milwaukee. She is the eighth of nine children; her father was a factory worker and her mother a public school teacher. Moore attended North Division High School and served as student council president. She later attended Marquette University and became a single mother and was for a while a welfare recipient. Nonetheless, she was able to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, graduating in 1973.
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