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Wendy Russell Davis (born Wendy Jean Russell;〔 May 16, 1963) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Fort Worth, Texas. Davis represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2009 to 2015. She previously served on the Fort Worth City Council. On June 25, 2013, Davis held an eleven-hour-long filibuster to block Senate Bill 5, a measure which included more restrictive abortion regulations for Texas. The filibuster played a major role in Senate Democrats' success in delaying passage of the bill beyond the midnight deadline for the end of the legislative session, though it ultimately passed in a second session. The filibuster brought Davis national attention, leading to speculation about a run for governor.〔 She subsequently ran for governor in 2014 but lost to Greg Abbott, 59-38 percent. ==Early life, education, and family== Wendy Davis was born Wendy Jean Russell〔 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, the daughter of Virginia "Ginger" (née Stovall) and Jerry Russell. Her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1973, when she was 11 years old.〔 At the time, Jerry worked at National Cash Register. When Wendy was 13, her parents divorced.〔 Her father quit his job to pursue work in community theater, leading his child support payments to dry up.〔 Her mother, who had a ninth grade education, supported her four children by working menial jobs,〔 including one at a Braum's ice cream shop. At 14 years of age, Wendy was selling newspaper subscriptions for ''The Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' and working at an Orange Julius stand.〔 When she was 17 and still in high school, she moved in with her boyfriend, construction worker Frank Underwood.〔 In 1981, she graduated from Richland High School as a member of the National Honor Society.〔 She married Underwood on January 24, 1982, and gave birth to her first daughter, Amber, later that year.〔 When Wendy was 19, she and Underwood separated, and she continued to live in their mobile home with Amber. After several months, she moved in with her mother, and then eventually began living in her own apartment.〔〔 Wendy filed for divorce from Underwood in December 1983,〔 and it became official on May 22, 1984, when she was 21. She was given custody of Amber, with Underwood paying child support. Davis attended University of Texas at Arlington for one semester, but had to stop attending for financial reasons.〔 Meanwhile, her father had opened the European Sandwich Shop and Stage Door Deli in downtown Fort Worth, with his Stage West Theatre next door. While waiting tables at Stage West in 1983, she was introduced by her father to lawyer and former city councilman Jeffry R. Davis, who would become her second husband.〔〔 She also worked as a receptionist at a doctor's office, where a nurse gave her a brochure for Tarrant County College. She enrolled in their two-year paralegal program, attending from 1984 to 1986.〔 She began dating Jeff Davis during this time. After Tarrant College, she enrolled at Texas Christian University (TCU) in 1986 on an academic scholarship and a Pell Grant. Wendy and Jeff married on May 30, 1987 after dating for "two or three years," and they settled in a historic home in the Mistletoe Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth.〔 After the marriage, Jeff began to make significant financial contributions to Wendy's education.〔〔〔 He would ultimately adopt her daughter, Amber.〔〔 A second daughter, Dru, was born in September 1988. Davis underwent abortions for two later pregnancies, one due to an ectopic tubal pregnancy (whom she named "Lucas") and another due to the fetus suffering from Dandy-Walker syndrome (whom she named "Tate Elise"). In May 1990, Davis graduated from TCU with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/wendydavistexas )〕 That fall, she moved with her daughters to Lexington, Massachusetts, to attend Harvard Law School. This living situation proved untenable, and after four months her daughters returned to Texas to live with Jeff. Wendy's mother helped to care for them, and Wendy flew back regularly to visit her family for the remainder of her time at Harvard.〔 While at Harvard, she volunteered at a legal clinic for the poor, where she helped AIDS patients write living wills and surviving partners with their legal rights.〔 In May 1993, she earned her law degree ''cum laude'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.davis.senate.state.tx.us/ )〕 and she was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in November 1993.〔Record, State Bar of Texas, Wendy Davis, at ().〕 In November 2003, Jeff and Wendy separated.〔 When the divorce settlement was finalized in 2005, the former couple shared "joint conservatorship" over Dru, who primarily lived with her father in the family home.〔 In the divorce settlement, Jeff was given the "right to designate the primary residence" of Dru, and Wendy agreed to pay $1,200 a month in child support.〔 Both parents retained the right to decisions about Dru's other needs; Amber was a young adult in college at that time.〔 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「Wendy Davis (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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