PerBiography, Duckworth was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and is of Chinese and British descent.
As a teenager, she moved to Hawaii where she graduated from the University of Hawaii.
Tammy Duckworth has broken ground in politics
A few years later, Duckworth made history.
In 2012, she was elected to Congress.
Duckworth has worked hard to get where she is and is proud of her history.
She toldVoguethat she’s often asked to hide her wheelchair in pictures.
“I say no!”
“I earned this wheelchair.
It’s no different from a medal I wear on my chest.
Why would I hide it?”"
“I want Joe Biden to get elected,” she toldNPR.
You know, I really am very neutral as to what position I play.
I just want to get him elected so that we can get this country back on track again."
“I thought I could do it all,” she toldMotherlyonThe Motherly Podcast.
Boy was I wrong."
And I think it’s an economic detriment that we don’t have that.
Duckworth is going to bat for parents.
