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Show DOROTHEA Elected Dorothea Masur born in EMILY 1981 New to MASUR 1983 to immigrant parents on strong woman who was determined to give her children the opportunities she missed in her birth of Poland. Dorothea's mother lived country a strong religious faith, was fiercely independent, and when Dorothea's September 21, was 1923. Jersey mother Her was a father died (when she was 2 years old) her mother single-handedly undertood the education of her chi 1 dren, despi te the I ack of command of the language. She sacrificed any personal life for her chil.dren and demanded in return, obedience, committment to family, and in even then that religion, top grades school, feeling educati on woul d be the to success in Ameri ca. way Dorothea, because of her love for her del i vered mother, top grades and graduated from high school with a scholarship. to World War II, which the entrance into the war of work to support her mother. Due began the and year of her graduation, four of her five brothers, she went to She wouldn't complete her education until her youngest child was in junior high school, but the need for education had her attending college wherever she lived. She received her Bachelor of Science from Weber State Universi ty shortly before her desire to run for office. Dorothea leader at the age of 21 in her of she started a lifetime at volunteer service. She served the national organization as a volunteer and received a Rockefeller Plaza in New York City In later years, she broad view of her organization and her world. was Girl Scout Chair of the Island of Guam and championed enough She also donations to purchase uniforms for Guamanian girls. sponsored a trip to the Phi 11 ipines where her troop visi ted nati ve served New President as a Jersey. Magsaysay girl scout During the in his war, Palace. In 1945, Rep. Masur fell in love with a naval ensign and in 1945, sailed to Honolulu to pursue a career as a Cryptographer to be near of the USS him. she at tended the decommissioning Whi 1 e there, Tarawa as a guest of the captain. later married Marvin Masur and settled down on Oahu. She was on famous White Paper on China went down with the Ambassador courier during a plane crash off Hawaii's coast and relayed the entire paper upon his demise to Washington through She duty when General Marshall's Tokyo from Chiang Kai Shek. her husband c ornp l eted his engineering degree in Austin, he was recalled to the military during the Korean conflict. For the next 18 years, Dorothea was to live many cultures, always preferring to live in the community. After Texas, 187 |
