Mary rose oakar biography
Mary Rose Oakar (born March 5, ) is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from to Oakar was the first Arab American woman, first Syrian American, and first Lebanese American woman to serve in Congress....
Mary Rose Oakar is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from to Oakar was the first Arab American woman, first Syrian American, and first Lebanese American.
Oakar, Mary Rose (1940—)
Eight-term Democratic U.S. congressional representative from Ohio. Born on March 5, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio; daughter of Joseph Oakar and Margaret Oakar; attended Catholic schools in Cleveland; graduated from Lourdes Academy (1958); Ursuline College, Cleveland, B.A.
(1962); John Carroll University, Cleveland, M.A. (1966); graduate studies at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, England (1964), Westham Adult College in Warwickshire, England (1968), and Columbia University, New York City (1963).
Born on March 5, 1940, in Cleveland, Ohio, Mary Rose Oakar attended Catholic schools and graduated from Lourdes Academy in 1958.
She obtained a bachelor's degree from Ursuline College in 1962 and earned a master's at John Carroll University in 1966. She also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, at Westham Adult College, also in England, and at Columbia University in New York City.
In her late teens, she worked as a sales clerk. From 1963