Meet Tim Kaine’s wife, a longtime child welfare advocate

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Meet Tim Kaine’s wife Anne, a longtime child welfare advocate & Virginia’s secretary of education http://wapo.st/2a0CnSV




In tapping Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) as her running mate, Hillary Clinton didn’t just choose the popular former governor of a purple state that she hopes will turn out for Democrats in November. She also chose one half of a Virginia power couple with a history of public service and advocacy on issues related to child welfare and education.

Anne Holton, his wife — who serves as Virginia’s secretary of education — has an even more extensive record when it comes to advocating for children, particularly foster youth.

As a schoolgirl in 1970, she was on the front lines of the fight to desegregate Virginia’s public schools. Holton is the daughter of Virginia Gov. A. Linwood Holton (R), who championed integration in a state that was known for its vigorous efforts to resist it. To drive home this point, he sent his daughters to a historically all-black Richmond City public school, escorting Anne Holton’s sister to class in a gesture captured in a historic photograph.


Governor A. Linwood Holton with daughter Tayloe

“I have spent much of my working life focused on children and families at the margin, with full appreciation of the crucial role education can and must play in helping young people escape poverty and become successful adults,” Holton wrote in a Washington Post op-ed in June 2015.

The pair met at Harvard Law School, from which they both graduated. She became a legal aid lawyer representing low-income clients in Richmond and eventually a judge in the city’s juvenile and domestic relations court. She stepped down when her husband was elected governor in 2005 and as first lady made a priority of finding and stabilizing homes for teens in foster care... continuing to work on improving opportunities for foster youth after Kaine left the governor’s office.


read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/07/22/meet-tim-kaines-wife-a-longtime-child-welfare-advocate-and-virginias-secretary-of-education/

[Cha]

1. Thank you for this, bigtree!

[R B Garr]

2. Very impressive! What a wonderful couple. They both have excellent stories.

Hillary really hit it out of the park with this one. She (we) get two for one! Looking forward to seeing these two for years to come.

[underpants]

3. I know several social workers who worked with her when she was a judge in juvenile drug courts

They all loved her.

She was part of the changes in drug courts - separate the adults ( often lost causes) and the kids. This showed to be very effective of changing the kids behavior before it was too late.

[Thinkingabout]

4. Sounds like a very generous couple who cares for others.

[tallahasseedem]

5. What an amazing background!

It's people like her who restore my faith in humanity!

[63splitwindow]

6. On top of their brilliant accomplishments, the Kaines appear to be ACTUAL good, decent people.

Not phony baloney bullshit artists and nut cases like those so popular in Repug land.

[glennward]

7. Servant leaders...both. Hillary couldn't have done better. nt

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[MoonRiver]

9. What a lovely couple! Thanks for posting bigtree!

[Her Sister]

10. Awesome!

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