Firenze Sage: Another papoose claim by senate candidate Elizabeth Warren

In addition to her unsubstantiated distinction as Harvardâ€s first woman of color, it turns out that Elizabeth Warren may have also participated in a landmark event for womenâ€s liberation. Iâ€m of course referring to her status as the first nursing mother to take the New Jersey bar exam.

Unfortunately, Warrenâ€s place in history as a feminist icon is in limbo because, once again, her claims canâ€t be substantiated. The Boston Herald reports:

“I was the first nursing mother to take a bar exam in the state of New Jersey,” Warren told an audience at the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2011, in a video posted on the CHF website. When asked how Warren knows that, her campaign said: “Elizabeth was making a point about the very serious challenges she faced as a working mom — from taking an all-day bar exam when she was still breast-feeding, to finding work as a lawyer that would accommodate a mom with two small children.”

Winnie Comfort of the New Jersey Judiciary, which administers that stateâ€s bar exam, said thereâ€s no way to verify Warrenâ€s claim. Comfort said women have been taking the New Jersey bar exam since 1895, but sheâ€s not aware their nursing habits were ever tracked.

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Why do politicians need to bloviate so? Elizabeth Warren simply cannot know if she was or wasn’t the first woman taking the Bar while nursing a child. So why lie? JAJ48@aol.com