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                  Maria
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(b.
                  1955)
               
               

                  

               
            
         
         
         

            

               

                  

               
               

                  

               
               

                  
 
               
               

                  
  
                  
                     

                        

                           

                              

                           
                           

                              

                              
                              
                           
                        
                        

                           

                              
 
                           
                           

                              

                                 

                                    

                                       

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Maria
                  Owings
                  Shriver-
                  (b. November 6, 1955)
                  
                  

                  
                  
 --Maria
                  Shriver is a former news journalist, a best-selling
                  author, the First Lady of California, and is a
                  member of America's best known political family,
                  the Kennedys. She is married to Governor Arnold
                  Schwarzenegger, with whom she has four
                  children.
                  
                  
Shriver
                  was born in Chicago in 1955 to two very political
                  parents. She is a member of Kennedy family through
                  her mother,
                  Eunice
                  Kennedy Shriver,
                  who is the sister of President John Kennedy and
                  Senator
                  Ted Kennedy.
                  Her father, Sargent Shriver, is a former
                  ambassador
                  and a former candidate for the U.S.
                  Vice-Presidency. Maria Shriver was born into
                  politics, and seemingly cannot escape from the
                  political life. Though she did not marry into a
                  political family, her husband, action-movie star
                  Arnold Schwarzenegger, ran for and won California's
                  special gubernatorial race in 2003. Shriver, an
                  acclaimed journalist, resigned from NBC to assume
                  her new duties as the First Lady of California. Her
                  husband won a second full term in the 2006
                  election, easily defeating his Democratic
                  opponent.
                  
                  
In
                  1972, her father ran for the Vice-Presidency as the
                  running mate of Senator George McGovern. Maria
                  accompanied her father on the campaign, riding in
                  the back of the campaign plane, chatting with the
                  press corps. It was this experience that led her
                  away from the family professions, law and politics,
                  and toward a medium where she could shape the
                  message: television news reporting.
                  
                  
After college, her
                  first television jobs were in the writing and
                  production departments at KYW-TV in Philadelphia,
                  and WJZ-TV in Baltimore. Soon, she got her big
                  break at CBS.
                  
                  
Her national
                  television reporting career began at CBS, in the
                  network's Los Angeles bureau. She later became the
                  co-anchor of the CBS Morning News with Forrest
                  Sawyer. Shriver
                  worked at NBC from 1989-2004. She took a leave of
                  absence from the network when her husband declared
                  his candidacy for the Governor's position, and
                  resigned after his inauguration in 2004.
                  
                  
She
                  first met bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger at a
                  Kennedy-sponsored political event in 1977. They
                  married in 1986 and now have four
                  children.
                  
                  
As
                  First Lady, she is working on support for military
                  families, the Special Olympics (which was
                  co-founded by her mother), and worked toward the
                  completion of a Women's History Museum in
                  Sacramento.
                  
                  
She is the author
                  of four best-selling books, and just published a
                  fifth book, And
                  One More Thing Before You
                  Go.
                  (April, 2005)
                  
                  
Shriver's husband
                  won a second term as the California governor in
                  November, 2006.
                  
                  
In 2008, Maria
                  Shriver endorsed Democratic Presidential candidate
                  Barack Obama, while her husband, Governor Arnold
                  Schwarzenegger, endorsed the Republican candidate,
                  John McCain. Their family political differences
                  were on display for the world to see, as the lawn
                  at their family home in Brentwood , sprouted
                  competing campaign signs endorsing Obama AND
                  McCain. See video of Maria Shriver endorsing Barack
                  Obama below.
                  
                  
                  
                  
In July, 2008,
                  Maria Shriver published a new book, called,
                  Just
                  Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer
                  Within, and
                  on August 1, had an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey
                  Show where she discussed her new book.
                  
                  
In August, 2009,
                  Maria Shriver's mother, Eunice
                  Kennedy Shriver,
                  suffered a series of strokes (source:
                  Schwarzenegger,
                  Maria Shriver at Eunice Shriver's bedside-LA
                  Times, August 8, 2009)
                  . Maria Shriver, her husband, Governor Arnold
                  Schwarzeneggerm and other members of the Shriver
                  and Kennedy clan arrived at Eunice Shriver's
                  bedside at Cape
                  Cod Hospital in Barnstable,
                  Massachusetts.
                  
                  
Eunice
                  Kennedy Shriver passed away in the early morning
                  hours of August 11, 2009, with her family at her
                  bedside.
                  
                  
In the
                  Autumn of 2009, Maria Shriver partnered with the
                  Center for American Progress to produce the
                  Shriver
                  Report,
                  a look at the changing nature of women’s roles
                  in society, particularly their rise in the
                  workplace.
                  
                  
Education:
                  
                  
--Georgetown
                     University -1977 --BA in American
                     Studies.
                  
                  
Awards:
                  
                  
-
                     Peabody Award (1998)- for the documentary on
                     welfare, "Checks and Balances"
                     
                     
--Emmy
                     Award--As
                     co-anchor of NBC's coverage of 1988 Seoul Summer
                     Olympics
                  
                  
Published
                  Works:
                  
                  
What's
                     Heaven-
                     
                     
Ten Things I
                     Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into The Real
                     World--
                     
                     
What's Wrong
                     With Timmy--with illustrator Sandra
                     Speidel
                     
                     
What's
                     Happening To Grandpa?--
                     
                     
And One More
                     Thing Before You Go (2005)--
                     
                     
Shriver
                     Report: A Woman's
                     Nation--2009
                  
                  
 
                  
                  

               
            
         
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                            Lee, R. "World Biography: Maria Shriver
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Family
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           

                              

                                 

                                    
Sargent
                                    Shriver (b.
                                    1915)--Father
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Eunice
                                    Kennedy Shriver (b.
                                    1921)
                                    --Mother
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Arnold
                                    Schwarzenegger (b. 1947)
                                    --Husband
                                    (wed on 4-26-1986)
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Siblings
                                    
                                    
Robert
                                       Sargent Shriver
                                       III
                                       (b.
                                       1954)--Brother
                                       
                                       
Timothy
                                       Perry Shriver (b.
                                       1959)--Brother
                                       
                                       
Mark
                                       Kennedy Shriver (b.
                                       1964)--Brother
                                       
                                       
Anthony
                                       Paul Kennedy Shriver (b.
                                       1965)--Brother
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Children
                                    
                                    
Katherine
                                       Eunice Schwarzenegger - (b.
                                       1990)
                                       --Daughter
                                       
                                       
Christina
                                       Aurelia Schwarzenegger - (b.
                                       1991)
                                       --Daughter
                                       
                                       
Patrick
                                       Schwarzenegger - (b. 1993)
                                       --Son
                                       
                                       
Christopher
                                       Sergant Schwarzenegger - (b.
                                       1997)
                                       --Son
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Religion:
                                    
                                    
                                    
Roman
                                    Catholic
                                 
                              
                           
                            
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
Associates,
                           Colleagues, &
                           Connections
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           

                              

                                 

                                    
Forrest
                                    Sawyer--Colleague
                                    at CBS News
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
The
                                    Kennedy
                                    Family--Relatives
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
 
                                       
                                       

                                 
                              
                           

                            

                           
                            
                           
                           

                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
Links
                           and Resources on Maria
                           Shriver
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           

                              

                                 

                                    
CBS
                                    News
                                    Interview--March
                                    23, 2004 interview with Lesley
                                    Stahl.
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Maria
                                    Shriver Official
                                    Website--Maria
                                    Shriver, First Lady of California
                                    Home Page
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
California
                                    State Government: First Lady
                                    Maria
                                    Shriver--Website
                                    for First Lady Maria
                                    Shriver.
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Infoplease:
                                    Maria
                                    Shriver--
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Maria
                                    Shriver on Pinpointing Your
                                    Passion--Article
                                    by Maria Shriver
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Maria
                                    Shriver - IMDb
                                    --Features
                                    filmography, trivia, and a photo
                                    gallery.
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
Maria
                                    Shriver: The importance of
                                    family--From
                                    Oprah.com
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
First
                                    lady of
                                    fashion
                                    --The Sacramento Bee - Jan 03,
                                    2007 
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    
First
                                    lady fills in for
                                    Schwarzenegger
                                    --San Francisco Chronicle - Jan
                                    05, 2007
                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                              

                                 

                                    

                                 
                              
                           
                            
                        
                     
                     

                        

                           
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