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| | name = Elizabeth Edwards | |||
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| |caption=Edwards in ], July 14, 2007 | |||
| | birthname = Mary Elizabeth Anania | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth date|1949|7|3}} | |||
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| | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|12|7|1949|7|3}} | |||
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| | spouse = ]<br> (m. 1977–2010; her death) | |||
| | children = Wade (1979–1996)<br />] (born 1982)<br />Emma Claire (born 1998)<br />Jack (born 2000) | |||
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| '''Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards''' (July 3, 1949 – December 7, 2010) was an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist. She was married to ], the former ] from ] who was the ] ] vice-presidential nominee. | |||
| Edwards lived a private life until her husband's rise as senator and ultimately unsuccessful ] and ]. She was his chief policy advisor during his presidential bid,<ref name="wp">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/07/AR2010120707268_pf.html |work=Washington Post |title=Lived her private pain on a public stage |date=December 7, 2010 |accessdate=December 7, 2010 |page=A01 |author=Sullivan, Patricia}}</ref> and was instrumental in pushing him towards more liberal stances on subjects such as ].<ref name="wp" /> She was also an advocate of ]<ref name="yahoo-obit">{{cite news |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20101208/pl_ac/7360104_elizabeth_edwards_supported_gay_marriage_and_equality |title=Elizabeth Edwards Supported Gay Marriage and Equality |date=December 8, 2010 |accessdate=December 13, 2010 |author=Evans, Vanessa |publisher=] contributor}}</ref> and was against the ],<ref name="wp" /> both topics about which she and her husband disagreed.<ref name="wp" /> | |||
| In the final years of her life, Edwards publicly dealt with her husband's admission of ] and her breast cancer, writing two books and making numerous media appearances.<ref name="saving">{{Cite book |title=Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers| author=Edwards, Elizabeth| publisher=]|date=September 2006|isbn=978-0-7679-2537-2}}</ref><ref name="resilience">{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Elizabeth|title=Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities|year=2009|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-0-7679-3136-6}}</ref> She separated from John Edwards in early 2010.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/elizabeth-edwards-says-shes-separated-from-john/1 |work=USA Today | title=Elizabeth Edwards says she's separated from John | date=January 27, 2010 | accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref> On December 6, 2010, her family announced that her cancer ] and her doctors had recommended that further treatment would be unproductive. She died the following day.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=] |date=December 7, 2010 |accessdate=December 13, 2010 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/12/07/2010-12-07_elizabeth_edwards_dead_at_61_after_highprofile_breast_cancer_fight.html |author=Kennedy, Helen | title=Elizabeth Edwards, 61, dies after battle with cancer, surrounded by family, estranged husband John}}</ref> | |||
| ==Early life== | |||
| Mary Elizabeth Anania, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Thweatt Anania (March 11, 1923 – January 25, 2012) and Vincent Anania (April 22, 1920 – March 1, 2008),<ref name="LATobit">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-elizabeth-edwards-20101207,0,2175436.story|title=Obituary: Elizabeth Edwards dies at 61; wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards|last=Thursby|first=Keith|date=December 7, 2010|work=]|accessdate=December 8, 2010}}</ref> ], moving many times and never having a hometown. Her father, a ] ], was transferred from military base to military base during her childhood and adolescence; for part of her childhood, she lived ], where her father was stationed. She relates in her book ''Saving Graces'' that one of the difficult relocations that she went through was moving during her senior year of high school.<ref>''Saving Graces'', pp. 165–166.</ref> Some of her childhood friends' fathers were killed in war and Edwards relates childhood memories of attending their funerals.<ref>''Resilience'', p. 13.</ref> She also relates the stress of living at a military base with hospital facilities that handled a constant stream of wounded soldiers while her father was away fighting ].<ref>''Resilience'', p. 25.</ref> | |||
| Edwards had two younger siblings:<ref>''Saving Graces'', p. 27.</ref> a brother, Jay Anania, a professor of film at ]<ref>''Resilience'', p. 174.</ref> and a sister, Nancy Anania.<ref name="AP12-7">{{cite news|url=http://www2.wsls.com/news/2010/dec/07/6/ap-elizabeth-edwards-has-died-ar-701016/|title=Elizabeth Edwards dies|last=Baker|first=Mike|author2=Woodward, Calvin|date=December 7, 2010|publisher=] via ]-10TV|accessdate=December 10, 2010}}{{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref> Edwards graduated from the Francis C. Hammond High School in ], then attended ] in ]. She transferred to the ], where she earned a ]. After three years of ] in ], she entered ] and earned a ]. | |||
| ==Professional life== | |||
| Edwards began her career as a ] for a ], then moved to ], in 1978 to become an associate at the law firm of ''Harwell Barr Martin & Sloan''. In 1981, she and her husband moved their family to Raleigh, where she worked in the ], and at the law firm ''Merriman, Nicholls, and Crampton''. She kept the last name Anania until 1996,<ref>{{cite web|author=Ellen Hawkes |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/spring2004/edwards.asp |title=Elizabeth Edwards, The Strategist |publisher=] |accessdate=May 1, 2011}}</ref> when she retired from legal practice upon the death of her son and changed her name to Elizabeth Anania Edwards in Wade's memory. Much of her time after leaving legal practice was devoted to the administration of the Wade Edwards Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wade.org/ |title=Wade Edwards Foundation website |publisher=Wade.org |accessdate=May 1, 2011}}</ref> She taught legal writing as an ] at the ] and worked as a ] in the ]. In August 2009, she opened a furniture store in Chapel Hill.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6978049|title=Edwards opens furniture store: Elizabeth Edwards is now a business owner|date=August 23, 2009|publisher=abc11.com|accessdate=December 7, 2010|location=Chapel Hill, NC}}</ref> | |||
| In September 2006, ] published her first book, ''Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers'',<ref name="saving"/> focusing on the ways in which various communities have helped her through the trials of her life, from her itinerant military childhood to the death of her son and her early bout with breast cancer. In May 2009, they published her second book, ''Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities'',<ref name="resilience"/> further discussing the return of her illness, the deaths of her father and son, the effect of these events on her marriage, her husband's infidelity, and the general state of health care in America.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book8-2009may08,0,5029044.story | work=The Los Angeles Times | title='Resilience' by Elizabeth Edwards | date=May 8, 2009 | first=Scott | last=Martelle}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/elizabeth-edwards|title=The Pain of Elizabeth Edwards| last=Hitchens|first=Christopher|date=September 2009|work=The Atlantic|accessdate=December 7, 2010}}</ref> Both books are best-sellers. | |||
| ==Political activity== | |||
| During much of 2004, Edwards joined her husband and United States Democratic Presidential nominee ] ] on the nationwide campaign trail. She took a similar role in her husband's 2008 presidential bid and was considered one of his closest advisers. | |||
| Edwards disagreed with her husband on the topic of ]. She became a vocal advocate in 2007 when she stated: "I don't know why someone else’s marriage has anything to do with me. I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19404694/ |title=Elizabeth Edwards strays on gay marriage |publisher=MSNBC |date=January 5, 2011 |accessdate=May 1, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| On June 10, 2008, it was revealed that Edwards would be advising her husband's former rival, and eventual Democratic nominee, ], on ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Sargent |first=Greg |url=http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/obama_to_partner_with_elizabet.php |title=TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Says He's Partnering With Elizabeth Edwards On Health Care |publisher=Tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com |date=June 9, 2008 |accessdate=May 1, 2011}}</ref> Her husband also endorsed Obama during the later stages of the ]. | |||
| Edwards became a senior fellow at the ] and testified to Congress about ] on their behalf.<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/health-care-reform/2009/07/on_the_hill_elizabeth_edwards.html | work=The Washington Post | accessdate=May 1, 2010 | title=On the Hill, Elizabeth Edwards Calls Attention to Medical Bankruptcies | first=Chris | last=Cillizza}}</ref> | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Edwards met ] when they were both law students, and they married on July 30, 1977.<ref>''Saving Graces'', p. 342.</ref> | |||
| Early in their marriage, the couple had two children: Lucius Wade<ref name="Helms eulogy"/> (known as Wade) (born 1979) and Catharine (known as ]) (born 1982). Wade died on April 4, 1996, when he lost control of his ] while driving from their home in ] to the family's beach house near ].<ref name="Edwards' bittersweet history">{{Cite news | url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-07-07/news/0407070448_1_john-edwards-wallace-edwards-elizabeth-anania | title=Edwards' bittersweet history: Kerry's choice comes with a rags-to-riches story that's marked by tragedy |work=] | date=July 7, 2004 | accessdate=January 30, 2007 | first=Andrew | last=Zajac}}</ref> Three weeks before his death, Wade Edwards had been honored by First Lady ] at the ] as one of ten finalists in an essay contest sponsored by the ] and the ]. Wade, accompanied by his parents and his sister, met North Carolina Senator ]. After Wade died, Helms entered his essay and his obituary into the ].<ref name="Helms eulogy">{{cite web|url=http://www.wade.org/senator.htm |title=LUCIUS WADE EDWARDS July 18, 1979 – April 4, 1996 |accessdate=May 21, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20070928061055/http://www.wade.org/senator.htm |archivedate=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> | |||
| Following Wade's death, the Edwardses decided to have more children, and Elizabeth underwent ]s.<ref name="NYT-obit1">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/08edwards.html?pagewanted=all|title=Elizabeth Edwards Dies of Cancer at 61|last=Mcfadden|first=Robert D. |authorlink=Robert D. McFadden|date=December 8, 2010|work=The New York Times|accessdate=December 8, 2010}}</ref> They had a daughter, Emma Claire (born 1998), and a son, John (known as Jack) (born 2000). After John's January 21, 2010, public admission that he ] with another woman, Elizabeth ] from him, intending to file for divorce after North Carolina's mandatory one-year separation policy,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34963767/ns/today-today_people/|title=Edwards admits fathering child with mistress|last=Myers|first=Lisa |authorlink=Lisa Myers|author2=Austin, Michael|date=January 21, 2010|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=January 21, 2010}}</ref><ref name="fox12110">{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/21/report-john-edwards-set-admit-paternity-love-child/|title=Edwards Admits Fathering Love Child, Reportedly Separates From Wife |publisher=] | date=January 21, 2010|accessdate=December 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Richard |last1=Cowan |first2=Steve |last2=Holland |date=January 27, 2010 |accessdate=July 4, 2010 |publisher=] |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60Q65P20100127 | title=Politician John Edwards and wife separate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/01/elizabeth-edwards-tells-her-sister-ive-had-it-/1 |work=USA Today | title=Elizabeth Edwards tells her sister: 'I've had it.' | date=January 27, 2010 | accessdate=May 1, 2010}}</ref> though she later stated that they had no intent to divorce unless one of them would want to remarry. | |||
| ==Illness and death== | |||
| On November 3, 2004, the day Kerry conceded defeat in the ], Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer. She later revealed that she discovered a lump in her breast while on a campaign stop in ], a few weeks earlier, in the midst of the campaign. Edwards became an activist for women's health and cancer patients, and underwent oncology treatments. In a November 2006 comment on the '']'' website, Edwards stated that on her last visit, her ] said that cancer was not one of the things going on in her life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2006/11/20/144410/37/59#c59 |title=Edwards posting |publisher=] blog |date=November 20, 2006}}</ref> | |||
| At a March 22, 2007, press conference,<ref name="pressconference">{{Cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032201422.html|work=]|title=Transcript of Former Sen. Edwards News Conference on Wife's Health|date=March 22, 2007|accessdate=March 27, 2007}}</ref> John and Elizabeth Edwards announced that her cancer had returned, and that his campaign for the Presidency would continue as before. The announcement included the information that she was asymptomatic, and therefore that she expected to be an active part of the campaign.<ref name="canceryahoo">{{cite web | last = Pickler | first = Nedra| title = Edwards presses on with 2008 campaign| publisher = ]| date = March 22, 2007| url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070322/ap_on_el_pr/edwards2008| accessdate =March 22, 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070328171649/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070322/ap_on_el_pr/edwards2008 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = March 28, 2007}}</ref> | |||
| Her doctor, Dr. Lisa Carey of the ], described the diagnosis as stage IV (]) breast cancer with a spot in her rib and possibly her ]. In a March 25 interview on '']'', Edwards said that there was also a spot in her hip found on her bone scan.<ref>{{Cite news|last = Couric| first = Katie |authorlink=Katie Couric |publisher=] |work=] |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/24/60minutes/main2605038.shtml |title=Exclusive:John and Elizabeth Edwards, Edwards Open About Cancer, Unconditional About Couple's Decision On Presidential Run| date=March 25, 2007|accessdate=March 28, 2007}}</ref> The Edwardses and Dr. Carey stressed that the cancer was not curable, but was treatable.<ref name="pressconference"/><ref name="cancerusatoday">{{Cite news| last = Jill Lawrence and | first = Rita Rubin | title = For Elizabeth Edwards, a public battle for her life |work =] |date=March 22, 2007|url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-22-edwards-cover_N.htm | accessdate =March 23, 2007 }} | |||
| </ref> In early April 2007, Edwards was informed that her cancer might be treatable with anti-] drugs. "I consider that a good sign. It means there are more medications to which I can expect to be responsive," she told the ] during a campaign stop with her husband in ].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20033635,00.html |title=Elizabeth Edwards Gets a 'Good Sign'|work=People |date=April 4, 2007 }}</ref> In a 2007 interview with ]'s ], she said, "When I was first diagnosed, I was going to beat this. I was going to be the champion of cancer. And I don't have that feeling now. The cancer will eventually kill me. It's going to win this fight."<ref name="Alter">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2007/04/08/i-m-not-praying-for-god-to-save-me.html|title=Elizabeth Edwards: 'I'm Not Praying for God to Save Me'|last=Alter|first=Jonathan|date=April 9, 2007|work=Newsweek|accessdate=December 9, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| On December 6, 2010, Edwards' family announced that she had stopped cancer treatment after her doctors advised her that further treatment would be unproductive, the cancer having ] to her liver. She had been advised she had several weeks to live. Her family members, including her estranged husband John, were with her. She posted her last message on ]: | |||
| {{quote|"You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And, yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.<br/> | |||
| But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. It isn't possible to put into words the love and gratitude I feel to everyone who has and continues to support and inspire me every day. To you I simply say: you know."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/06/elizabeth-edwards-stops-cancer-treatment-releases-statement/?hpt=T1&iref=BN1 |title=Elizabeth Edwards stops cancer treatment, releases statement|publisher=] |date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref>}} | |||
| Edwards died of ] the next day, on December 7, 2010, at home in Chapel Hill, surrounded by her family and friends.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5573188/ |title=Elizabeth Edwards dies |publisher=] News |date=December 7, 2010 }}</ref> Her funeral, held at ] in ], was open to the public and was attended by over 1,200 people, including ] ], Senators ] and ],<ref>{{cite web|last=Dolak |first=Kevin |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elizabeth-edwards-funeral-family-friends-attend-memorial/story?id=12370247 |title=Elizabeth Edwards' Funeral: Family, Friends Attended Memorial |publisher=] |location=USA |date=December 11, 2010 |accessdate=May 1, 2011}}</ref> and ].<ref name="NYTfuneral"/> Threats of protests by the anti-gay coalition led by <ref name="CSMfuneral" /> ] attracted at least 300 local Raleigh residents prepared to counterprotest in support of the Edwards family, but only five Westboro protesters showed up and were kept blocks away.<ref name="NYTfuneral">{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/us/politics/12edwards.html?src=mv|title=Elizabeth Edwards Eulogized as Defender of Her Family|last=Severson|first=Kim|date=December 12, 2010|work=]|accessdate=December 12, 2010}}</ref><ref name="CSMfuneral">{{cite news| url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1211/Westboro-picketers-outnumbered-at-Elizabeth-Edwards-funeral|title=Westboro picketers outnumbered at Elizabeth Edwards funeral|last=Knickerbocker| first=Brad|date=December 11, 2010|work=]|accessdate=December 12, 2010}}</ref> Edwards was buried in ] next to her son Wade.<ref name="NYTfuneral"/> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| {{Portal|North Carolina|Biography}} | |||
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| ==Publications== | |||
| * ''Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers'', ISBN 978-0-7679-2538-9, ] 2006 | |||
| * ''Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities '', ISBN 978-0-7679-3156-4, Broadway Books 2009 | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| {{Commons category|Elizabeth Edwards}} | |||
| *{{cite web|url=http://www.wade.org/ | |||
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| *{{cite web|url=http://www.barryyeoman.com/articles/elizabethedwards.html | |||
| |title=Profile of Elizabeth Edwards |work=] |date=Sep 2007}} | |||
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| | SHORT DESCRIPTION = deceased wife of John Edwards | |||
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| | DATE OF DEATH = 2010-12-07 | |||
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