Margaret’s Letter

November 03, 2008

Margaret Stanton

From the Virginia AFL-CIO Labor 2008 blog comes this story about Margaret Stanton, a retired social worker and AFSCME member who lives in Front Royal, Virginia. As part of the Labor 2008 outreach program, she received a mail piece about the election and was inspired to write a letter about her support for Barack Obama. Margaret says she has read both of Obama’s books and found them inspirational, but she has a remarkable story of her own. When she was in her 20s, she came to America from Holland where she had been working with a Dutch resistance group who hid Jews from the Nazis. Her group saved the lives of as many as 15,000 people. After receiving a degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago, Margaret worked as a social worker in Montgomery County, Maryland, as a member of AFSCME. She was also involved in the civil rights movement for many years. Margaret took advantage of early voting and has already cast her vote for Barack Obama. There was never any question which candidate she’d be supporting in this election:

“I admire him. I think he’s honest. He works for the people. He’s blessed and I believe in him.”

Watch a video about Margaret’s letter here, and read more at the Virginia AFL-CIO Labor 2008 blog.

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