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Arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the wife of astronaut mark kelly, was shot in the left side of her head on january 8, 2011 while meeting with her constituents. A story of courage and hope gabrielle giffords, mark. On march, 2008, giffords introduced her legislation, hr6530, one day after the march 12, 2008 testimony of bill gates, the founder of microsoft corporation, to the house committee on science and technology of which giffords is a member. Giffords is an american advocacy and research organization focused on promoting gun control. Congress in 2005only the third arizona woman to do so. The response to the killings was both predictable and immediate. Giffords grew up in tucson and attended scripps college in claremont, california, where in 1993 she received a b. Gabrielle dee gabby giffords is an american politician from the u. The youngest woman ever elected to the arizona state senate, giffords served in the arizona legislature from 20002005 and in congress from 20062012. Gabrielle giffordss remarkable recovery gabrielle giffords.
When us congresswoman gabrielle giffords was shot in the head in january, few thought she would survive. Giffords fake ii the secret life of gabrielle giffords. May 15, 20 november 15, 2011 a memoir written by giffords and kelly, gabby. In the book, kelly, a former nasa astronaut, writes. It is the much anticipated story of congresswoman gabrielle giffords of arizona, from tragedy to remarkable recovery, still in progress. Leader said party would stop mark kelly dead in his tracks mr. Jul 30, 2017 today were going to talk about someone whose aphasia story is still unfolding. Gabby giffords moved to write book after sandy hook school. Nov 15, 2011 the retired nasa astronaut, who has written the new book gabby. New york, on january 8, 2011, loughner went on a shooting spree that resulted in the death of six people and left 14 wounded. Giffords and kelly also cofounded americans for responsible solutions, an. In september the couple releases an antigun screed with the unfortunate title, enough. The tonedeafness off giffords and her husband mark kelly even stretches to the title of their upcoming book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.