Article: Striving for more: Gwen Moore worked her way from welfare to Washington.(TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS)(Biography)

At first glance, Gwendolynne S. Moore looks like a schoolteacher. Her trademark stylish glasses frame a dignified face, exuding warmth and warning. But she's quick to point out, "I don't play." Her lady-next-door appeal formed the base for her political campaign for Congress last fall. In true underdog fashion, Moore (D-Wis.) beat Republican candidate Gerald Boyle for the seat, making her the state's first black member of Congress and its second woman. Indeed, Moore, who was sworn into Congress on Jan. 5, 2005, has demonstrated tenacity and tenderness, strength and sensitivity on her long and sometimes difficult road to the nation's capital.

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