Birth Place: Salisbury
NC County Residence: Rowan 
Region: Mountain, Piedmont, or Coastal:  Piedmont
Birth Date: July 29, 1936
Discipline:  Political
Accomplishments:

• 1971 - Deputy Assistant for Consumer Affairs - Nixon
• 1973 - Federal Trade Commission
• 1981 - Assistant for Public Liaison - Reagan
• 1983 - Secretary of Public Transportation - Reagan
• 1989 - Secretary of Labor - Bush
• 1991 - President of Red Cross
• 1991 - North Carolina Award
• 2002 - Running for Senate of the United States

Biographical Information: 
Elizabeth Dole was born in Salisbury, NC in 1936.  After graduating high school, Elizabeth Dole attended Duke University.  Being urged to study home economics by her mother, Elizabeth chose to study political science.  She graduated with honors in 1958 after becoming student body president.  Her post graduate work was completed at Harvard before entering the Law School in 1962.  After graduating in 1965, Elizabeth moved to Washington, DC and landed a job at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Elizabeth worked on behalf of poor clients in 1967 and became part of the Consumer Affairs during the Lyndon B. Johnson's term in office.  She continued her work in the political arena with Richard Nixon before marrying Bob Dole in 1975.  This union created one of the most powerful political couples in Washington.

Elizabeth has always been a religious person.  She received Churchwomen of the Year honors by Religious Heritage of America.  She was also named Christian Woman of the Year by the Christian Woman of the Year Association.  Both of these awards were presented to her during 1995.

After taking a year and a half off to help her husband campaign for presidency, Elizabeth has kept low profile until her announcement to run for the Senate in 2002.