Biographical Case Study and Personality Study of Sarah Palin
Biographical Case Study and Personality Study of Sarah Palin
Jessica Cardoso
Colorado Technical University Online
Phase III Individual Project
June 6, 2011
Biographical Case study of Sarah Palin
Part A: Development The person that I have chosen to be the subject of my analysis is Sarah Palin. The following paragraphs will include her background, education, her key experiences, career story, and her personal and family life and what made her famous.
Sarah Palin was born as Sarah Louise Heath in February 11, 1964. She spent the first three months of her life in Sandpoint, Idaho and then moved to Alaska with her parents. Sarah’s father, Charles was a science teacher for a school in southeast Alaska. Her father was also a track coach. Sarah’s mother, Sally was the school’s secretary. Sarah graduated high school in the year of 1982. She then entered a pageant and won Miss Wasilla in 1984. Then she proceeded to be the runner up in the Miss Alaska contest. Earning her high school diploma was not the end of her education she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1987. Sarah married her husband Todd in August of 1988. Together she helped run Todd’s parents fishing business. Sarah’s husband comes from a background of Yu’pik Eskimo. Sarah and Todd have a total of five children Bristol, Willow, Piper, Track and finally yet importantly Trig.
Sarah decided that she wanted to join politics in 1992. She won a spot as a council member. It only took Sarah four years and she was then elected as the mayor of a town called Wasilla the town where Sarah grew up in. In 2003, the Governor of Alaska appointed Palin to the state’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s chair. Palin ran to be Governor of Alaska in 2006 and won. Sarah Palin was put down in the history books as the first woman to be Governor of Alaska. Palin’s hometown newspaper said that she is “the Joan of Arc of Alaska politics”.
On August 29, 2008, John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his choice for his Vice
Jessica Cardoso
Colorado Technical University Online
Phase III Individual Project
June 6, 2011
Biographical Case study of Sarah Palin
Part A: Development The person that I have chosen to be the subject of my analysis is Sarah Palin. The following paragraphs will include her background, education, her key experiences, career story, and her personal and family life and what made her famous.
Sarah Palin was born as Sarah Louise Heath in February 11, 1964. She spent the first three months of her life in Sandpoint, Idaho and then moved to Alaska with her parents. Sarah’s father, Charles was a science teacher for a school in southeast Alaska. Her father was also a track coach. Sarah’s mother, Sally was the school’s secretary. Sarah graduated high school in the year of 1982. She then entered a pageant and won Miss Wasilla in 1984. Then she proceeded to be the runner up in the Miss Alaska contest. Earning her high school diploma was not the end of her education she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1987. Sarah married her husband Todd in August of 1988. Together she helped run Todd’s parents fishing business. Sarah’s husband comes from a background of Yu’pik Eskimo. Sarah and Todd have a total of five children Bristol, Willow, Piper, Track and finally yet importantly Trig.
Sarah decided that she wanted to join politics in 1992. She won a spot as a council member. It only took Sarah four years and she was then elected as the mayor of a town called Wasilla the town where Sarah grew up in. In 2003, the Governor of Alaska appointed Palin to the state’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s chair. Palin ran to be Governor of Alaska in 2006 and won. Sarah Palin was put down in the history books as the first woman to be Governor of Alaska. Palin’s hometown newspaper said that she is “the Joan of Arc of Alaska politics”.
On August 29, 2008, John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his choice for his Vice
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