Allyson schwartz biography
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SCHWARTZ, Allyson Y.
In Allyson Schwartz, a longtime nonprofit health care executive, won election to the United States House of Representatives from a Philadelphia-area district. Her focus on results, and her willingness to strike an independent course from her party, defined her decade-long career in the U.S. House. “For me, it is … important to—where I can—work with my Republican colleagues,” Schwartz told a reporter in “That’s what the legislative process is all about.”1
Allyson Y. Schwartz was born Allyson Young in Queens, New York, on October 3, , the second of four children and the oldest daughter. Her father, Everett Young, was a dentist in Flushing, New York, and later Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Renee Perl, was a Jewish refugee who had fled Vienna for Holland in after Nazi Germany invaded Austria. Two years later, at age 16, Perl settled with a Jewish family in Philadelphia—about the time Perl’s mother died by suicide in Austria.2
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Allyson Schwartz
U.S. Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz was born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., on October 3, She graduated from the Calhoun School, New York, N.Y., in and went on for a B.A. at Simmons College. She received an M.S.W. from Bryn Mawr College in
Schwartz served as a health care administrator and was a member of the Pennsylvania state senate from She was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in In , she was elected to the House of Representatives from the 13th Congressional district of Pennsylvania, which includes parts of Northeast Philadelphia and Montgomery County. In she decided not to run for re-election, but to run for Governor of Pennsylvania against incumbent Governor Tom Corbett. She was defeated by Tom Wolf in the Democratic primary.
Schwartz serves on the Budget Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where she serves on two subcommittees: Highways, Transit and Pipelines and Water Resources and Environment.
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The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz
The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz speaks about how her generation navigated changing gender roles resulting from the women's rights movement.
The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania
Interview recorded April 12, –Deed of Gift
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The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz discusses her early experience in women's health care.
The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania
Interview recorded April 12, –Deed of Gift
Transcript (PDF)
The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz explains how her unique background in social services and health care made it difficult for others to classify her political qualifications.
The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz, U.S. Representative of Pennsylvania
Interview recorded April 12, –Deed of Gift
Transcript (PDF)
The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz shares her thoughts on the role gender plays in raising money for Congress.
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