[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 28318-28319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING MARSHA EMANUEL OF WILMETTE, ILLINOIS

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                           HON. RAHM EMANUEL

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 7, 2003

  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize and congratulate my 
generous and loving mother, Marsha Emanuel, back home in Wilmette, 
Illinois on her 70th birthday.
  For the last 40 years, my mother has dedicated her life to her 
profession, her husband, her children, and her community.
  The former Marsha Smulevitz began her career as a nurse in Chicago 
where she met my father, Benjamin, during his medical residency. They 
soon thereafter wed and settled in Chicago's North Andersonville 
neighborhood where they went on to have four children: me, my brothers 
Ezekiel and Ariel, and my sister, Shoshana.
  As if raising four children was not challenging enough, my mother 
continued to dedicate herself to public service and the civil rights 
struggle of that time, working to build a just society for all 
Americans. In the early 1960's, my mother served four years on the 
Congress of Racial Equality, founded by students at the University of 
Chicago, through which she participated in the Freedom March in the 
South.
  Following her activism in the civil rights movement, my mother 
traveled an entrepreneurial path. She went on to own the Daisy Patch 
Night Club on Chicago's north side where many local bands came to play 
their first performances.
  As her children entered their teens, my mother returned to school. 
Never having graduated from high school, she earned her GED. She 
continued her academic pursuits by studying social work at Roosevelt 
University and earning an advanced degree in social work from 
Northeastern Illinois University. For over twenty years, my mother has 
maintained her commitment to public service by working as a social 
worker and counselor to local children and adults.
  Mr. Speaker, on this, her 70th birthday, I am so very proud of and 
sincerely thank my mother, Marsha Emanuel, for always being a guiding 
light to her husband, her four children, and her eleven grandchildren. 
Happy Birthday, Mom.

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