Sarah Brady
| Sarah Brady | |
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with James Brady at the White House in 1984
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| Born |
Sarah Jane Kemp February 6, 1942 Kirksville, Missouri |
| Died |
April 3, 2015 (aged 73) Alexandria, Virginia |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Gun control advocate |
| Years active | 29 |
Sarah Jane Brady (née Kemp; February 6, 1942 – April 3, 2015) was a prominent advocate for gun control in the United States. Her husband, James Brady, was press secretary to U.S. president Ronald Reagan and was permanently handicapped as a result of an assassination attempt on Reagan.
She was born Sarah Jane Kemp in Kirksville, Missouri to L. Stanley Kemp, a high school teacher and later FBI agent, and Frances (née Stufflebean) Kemp, a former teacher and homemaker. She had a younger brother, Bill. She was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, where she graduated from Francis C. Hammond High School in 1959.
She graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1964. From 1964 to 1968 she was a public school teacher in Virginia. She married James Brady in Alexandria on July 21, 1973. On December 29, 1978, their only child, James "Scott" Brady Jr., was born.
From 1968 to 1970 she worked as assistant to the campaign director for the National Republican Congressional Committee. She then worked as an administrative aide, first for Mike McKevitt (R-CO) and then for Joseph J. Maraziti (R-NJ). From 1974 to 1978, she worked as director of administration and coordinator of field services for the Republican National Committee.
Her husband sustained a permanently disabling head wound during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, which occurred on March 30, 1981. James Brady remained as Press Secretary for the remainder of Reagan's administration, primarily in a titular role.
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