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# Carol Moseley Braun

(1947)   Politician   United States

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Carol Moseley Braun is a politician from the United States, best known for *Women and Political Participation*.

## Quick Facts About Carol Moseley Braun

Born August 16, 1947

Nationality United States

Profession Politician

Notable works Women and Political Participation

## About Carol Moseley Braun

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun, is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American U.S. senator from the Democratic Party and the first female U.S. senator from Illinois.

## Awards & Honors

Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame honorary degree from Spelman College

##  Quotes by Carol Moseley Braun · Page 2

> [The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/the-really-important-victory-of-the-civil-rights-movement-was-that-it/)

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> [All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/all-i-really-want-to-be-is-boring-when-people-talk-about-me-i-d-like/)

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> [Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/well-if-you-pick-a-fight-with-somebody-that-s-smaller-than-you-and/)

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> [I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/i-m-used-to-people-not-paying-me-a-whole-lot-of-attention-and/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/i-really-think-that-s-the-key-part-of-the-spiritual-renewal-that/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/new-zealand-by-the-way-where-i-was-ambassador-has-had-two-women-prime/)

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[Ambassador](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambassador/)

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> [I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/i-think-its-time-to-get-a-reapportionment-process-that-frankly-takes/)

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[Incumbency](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/incumbency/)

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> [The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-moseley-braun/the-failure-in-ohio-to-have-adequate-voting-capacity-for-the-people/)

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## Carol Moseley Braun by topic

[People (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/carol-moseley-braun/)

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