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She moved to England in 1956, before eventually moving to the United States, settling in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]. While in Los Angeles, she became involved in a women's self-help project in [[Watts, Los Angeles, California|Watts]], and with [[Cesar Chavez]]'s [[United Farm Workers]] movement, working to unionize grape farm workers. Moving to [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], in 1968, she became involved in American Indian/Native American rights causes including fishing and treaty rights. She became a [[Citizenship of the United States|United States citizen]] in 1972. Two years later, she graduated from [[Evergreen State College]] with a [[B.A.]]<ref name=Wasniewski/>
In 1978, she settled in the [[Portland, Oregon]], area, where she attended [[Lewis & Clark Law School|Northwestern School of Law]]. After two years of law school, she dropped out and led the efforts of several Oregon-based American Indian/Native American tribes to win federal recognition, successfully lobbying the U.S. Congress to restore federal recognition of the [[Coquille Tribe|Coquille]], [[Klamath people|Klamath]], [[Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians|Lower Umpqua Tribe]],<ref>https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/narratives/the-oregon-coastforists-and-green-verdent-launs/the-oregon-coast-in-modern-times/losses-and-gains-for-tribes/</ref> [[Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians|Coos Tribe]], and [[Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon|Grand Ronde]] tribes. In 1986, she co-founded the Portland-based Oregon Peace Institute,<ref name="news-times-obit">{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Peter |title=Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse dies at age 84 |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/505379-404825-former-congresswoman-elizabeth-furse-dies-at-age-84 |access-date=2021-04-24 |work=[[News-Times (Forest Grove)|News-Times]] |location=Hillsboro, Oregon |date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424105115/https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/505379-404825-former-congresswoman-elizabeth-furse-dies-at-age-84 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> establishing a mission to develop and disseminate conflict resolution curriculum in Oregon schools.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
Furse was first elected to Congress in 1992, defeating State Treasurer [[Tony Meeker]], in a year where the number of women in the House grew from
In 1994, Furse, called by one Northwest newspaper the "antithesis of Congress' traditional play-it-safe politicians",<ref name="spi"/> won reelection by 301 votes,<ref name="nwlabor">
|title=Rep. Elizabeth Furse She also was a key player in getting funding to extend the [[TriMet]] Westside [[MAX Light Rail]] project from its originally planned terminus on the Beaverton/Hillsboro border to downtown Hillsboro. TriMet subsequently named the plaza at [[Sunset Transit Center]] after her.<ref
In 1996 Furse won 52% of the vote in a rematch with Witt. She declined to seek reelection in 1998, explaining that the job is "[[civil service|public service]] and not a career."<ref name="nwlabor"/>
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==Death==
Furse died on April 18, 2021, at age 84, at her farm near Hillsboro,<ref name="news-times-obit"/> of complications from a fall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/04/former-oregon-congresswoman-elizabeth-furse-has-died.html|title=Former Oregon Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse has died|first=Betsy| last=Hammond|date=April 19, 2021|website=oregonlive}}</ref>
==See also==
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