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Elizabeth Ann Warren (''née'' Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American academic and politician, who is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and was previously a Harvard Law School professor specializing in bankruptcy law. A prominent legal scholar, Warren is among the most cited in the field of commercial law.〔Brian Leiter, (Top 25 Law Faculties In Scholarly Impact, 2005-2009 )〕 She is an active consumer protection advocate whose scholarship led to the conception and establishment of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren has written a number of academic and popular works, and is a frequent subject of media interviews regarding the American economy and personal finance. Following the 2008 financial crisis, Warren served as chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). She later served as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Barack Obama. During the late 2000s, she was recognized by publications such as the ''National Law Journal'' and the ''Time'' 100 as an increasingly influential public policy figure. In September 2011, Warren announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, challenging Republican incumbent Scott Brown. She won the general election on November 6, 2012, becoming the first female Senator from Massachusetts. She was assigned to the Senate Special Committee on Aging; the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Warren is a leading figure in the Democratic Party and is popular among American progressives. She is frequently mentioned by political pundits as a potential 2016 presidential candidate. However, Warren has repeatedly stated that she has no intention of running for the position. ==Early life, education, and family== Warren was born on June 22, 1949,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Law School Faculty Member Profile: Elizabeth Warren )〕 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to working class parents Pauline (''née'' Reed) and Donald Jones Herring. She was their fourth child, with three older brothers. When she was twelve, her father, a janitor, had a heart attack—which led to many medical bills, as well as a pay cut because he could not do his previous work. Eventually, this led to the loss of their car from failure to make loan payments. To help the family finances, her mother found work in the catalog-order department at Sears and Elizabeth began working as a waitress at her aunt's restaurant.〔 She became a star member of the debate team at Northwest Classen High School and won the title of "Oklahoma's top high-school debater" while competing with debate teams from high schools throughout the state. She also won a debate scholarship to George Washington University at the age of 16.〔 Initially aspiring to be a teacher, she left GWU after two years to marry her high-school boyfriend, Jim Warren.〔 She moved to Houston with her husband, who was a NASA engineer.〔 There she enrolled in the University of Houston, graduating in 1970 with a bachelor of science degree in speech pathology and audiology.〔〔Charles P. Pierce, "(The Watchdog: Elizabeth Warren )," ''The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine'', December 20, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2015.〕〔Elizabeth Warren's ''(curriculum vitae )''. Retrieved March 9, 2015.〕 For a year, she taught children with disabilities in a public school, based on an "emergency certificate", as she had not taken the education courses required for a regular teaching certificate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elizabeth Warren biography )〕 Warren and her husband moved for his work to New Jersey, where, after becoming pregnant, she decided to remain at home to care for their child. After their daughter turned two, Warren enrolled at the Rutgers School of Law–Newark.〔 She worked as a summer associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Shortly before her graduation in 1976, Warren became pregnant with their second child. After graduating and passing the bar examination, she began to work as a lawyer from home, writing wills and doing real estate closings.〔〔 After having two children, Amelia and Alexander, she and Jim Warren divorced in 1978.〔 In 1980, Warren married Bruce Mann, a law professor, but retained the surname Warren to try to make things easier for her children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Warren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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