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==Early years==
Furse was born in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya Colony]], to a Canadian mother, Barbara Elizabeth ({{Nee|Ross}}), from [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], and a [[British people|British]] father, Peter Reynolds Furse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-127742-barbara-elizabeth-ross-furse.html|title = BARBARA ELIZABETH (ROSS) FURSE: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/rcmp-furse-1966|title=1966 Furse Pictorial Map of Canada Honoring the Royal Canadian Mounted Police}}</ref> Her paternal grandparents were painter [[Charles Wellington Furse]] and nursing and military administrator [[Katharine Furse|Dame Katharine Furse]] {{Post-nominals|GBR|GBE|RRC}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dame Katharine Furse - British Museum Collections Online |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG28110 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=Wasniewski>Matthew Andrew Wasniewski (Editor) {{google books|8jlTWMq4gB8C|Women in Congress, 1917-2006|page=173}}</ref> She grew up in [[South Africa]]. Inspired by her mother, she became an anti-[[apartheid]] activist in 1951, joining the first [[Black Sash]] demonstrations in [[Cape Town]], South Africa.<ref name=Wasniewski/>
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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/narratives/the-oregon-coastforists-and-green-verdent-launs/the-oregon-coast-in-modern-times/losses-and-gains-for-tribes/|title = 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.
==Elections==
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Furse and her partner John C. Platt owned Helvetia Vineyards and Winery in [[Helvetia, Oregon]], where the couple planted grapes in 1982, and started their winery in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://helvetiawinery.com/index.php/about-the-winery|title=About - Helvetia Winery|website=HelvetiaWinery.com|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> As of 2007 the vineyard is home to both [[pinot noir]] and [[chardonnay]] grapes.
After retiring from Congress in 1999, she served as director of the Institute for Tribal Government at [[Portland State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/tribal-government/history-0|title = History | Portland State University}}</ref> She also spearheaded the associated educational program, "Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times" video interviews<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nnigovernance.arizona.edu/great-tribal-leaders-modern|title = Great Tribal Leaders of Modern Times | Indigenous Governance Database}}</ref> Her continued involvement in Native American affairs also brought her some attention during U.S. Senate campaigns for her high-profile endorsements of Senator [[Gordon Smith (politician)|Gordon Smith]] ([[Oregon Republican Party|R-OR]]). In a 2006 interview, Furse said her [[2002 United States Senate election in Oregon|support in 2002]] was because they "had a lot in common on tribal issues" and cited Smith's repeated votes against [[Arctic Refuge drilling controversy|drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]], votes that defied pressure from Smith's fellow Republicans including [[Ted Stevens|Senator Stephens]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>''[[sic]]''<nowiki>]</nowiki>; she believed "you support those people who have stood up for issues that you care about" and that Smith is a "very moral person [who] if he doesn’t agree with you, he’ll tell you" something that Furse admired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.willamette.edu/centers/publicpolicy/projects/oregonsfuture/PDFvol11no1/OF1introLR.pdf |title=Introduction: The Honorble Elizabeth Furse |work=Oregon's Future (Winter 2006), a "nonpartisan [[public policy|public affairs]] quarterly" |publisher=[[Willamette University]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902235218/http://www.willamette.edu/centers/publicpolicy/projects/oregonsfuture/PDFvol11no1/OF1introLR.pdf |archive-date=September 2, 2006 }}</ref> Her continued support during the [[2008 United States Senate election in Oregon|2008 campaign]] included praise for Smith as "one of the first to stand up to [[George W. Bush|George Bush]] and other Republicans to end this war".
In 2014, Furse stood for election to the [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington County]] Board of Commissioners in District 4, but lost the race to incumbent Commissioner Bob Terry (46.57%–53.10%).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.co.washington.or.us/AssessmentTaxation/Elections/ElectionsArchive/upload/May-2014-Results.pdf |title=Summary report|website=co.washington.or.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2014/05/washington_county_district_4_r_2.html|title=Washington County District 4 race: Bob Terry wins over Elizabeth Furse (election results)|website=OregonLive.com|date=21 May 2014|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> She ran with the endorsements of Congresswoman [[Suzanne Bonamici]] and former Governors [[Barbara Roberts]] and [[Ted Kulongoski]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elizabethfurse.com/supporters.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225221/http://www.elizabethfurse.com/supporters.html |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}</ref>
Furse was a member of the ReFormers Caucus of [[Issue One]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.issueone.org/reformers/|title=Issue One – ReFormers Caucus}}</ref>
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