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Barbara Lee
Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for , serving East Bay voters from 1998 to 2013 during a time when the region was designated . She is a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first woman to represent the 9th district and is also the first woman to represent the 13th district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Lee is notable as the only member of either house of Congress to vote against the authorization of use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks.〔(Final Vote Results for Roll Call 342 ), ''U.S. House of Representatives''. Accessed 7 April 2007.〕 This made her a hero among many in the anti-war movement. Lee has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq and supports legislation creating a Department of Peace.
==Early life and education==
Lee was born Barbara Jean Tutt in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Mildred Adaire (née Parish) and Garvin Alexander Tutt, a Lieutenant Colonel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/leebarbara.htm )〕 According to a DNA analysis, she descended primarily from people of Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.
She moved from Texas to California in 1960 with her military family parents, and attended San Fernando High School in San Fernando, California. She was a young single mother of two receiving public assistance when she began attending college.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PROFILE / Barbara Lee / Rep. Lee, committed to ideals, takes heat for vote against Bush )〕 Lee was educated at Mills College, and received an MSW from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975.
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