Who is Elizabeth Edwards

Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards (July 3, 1949 – December 7, 2010) was an American attorney, author, and health care activist. She was married to John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice-presidential nominee.

Edwards lived a private life until her husband's rise as senator and ultimately unsuccessful vice presidential and presidential campaigns. She was his chief policy advisor during his presidential bid, and was instrumental in pushing him towards more liberal stances on subjects such as universal health care. She was also an advocate for gay marriage and was against the war in Iraq, both topics about which she and her husband disagreed.In the final years of her life, Edwards publicly dealt with her husband's admis...
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Metro_ents: excl: huw edwards reflected on the 'surreal' moment announcing the queen's death last year and the 'very intense' period that followed
Orualumni: congratulations to these alumni who were elected to serve on oru’s alumni association board of directors: tim reiterman, doug clark, kevin cox, john ballenger, elizabeth edwards, rhae buckley, patty gerstenberger, and mackenzie smith. thank you to everyone who voted!
Orualumni: congratulations to these alumni who were elected to serve on oru’s alumni association board of directors: tim reiterman, doug clark, kevin cox, john ballenger, elizabeth edwards, rhae buckley, patty gerstenberger, and mackenzie smith. thank you to everyone who voted!
Brix_rosa: this video of rushawn singing jamaican gospel artist jermaine edwards’ 2014 track “beautiful day” was recorded in 2017 in st. elizabeth, jamaica. rushawn claimed the viral song was his ticket out of poverty. signed to sony records in the uk.
Themsalek: "resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before." - elizabeth edwards
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poem
This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison
 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

[Addressed to Charles Lamb, of the India House, London]

In the June of 1797 some long-expected friends paid a visit
to the author's cottage; and on the morning of their arrival,
he met with an accident, which disabled him from walking
during the whole time of their stay. One evening, when they
had left him for a few hours, he composed the following
lines in the garden-bower.
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