Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the birthday and the life of Nora Mae Pierce Gaulden, born August 27, 1930, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Nora Mae originally grew up in Cullowhee, North Carolina, in part of what is known as the Nantahala National Forest. She would grow up on a rural farm during the Depression and experience all the hardships associated with that era. ``If you didn't farm, you didn't eat,'' she would say, and the family would often barter and trade for their needs as they navigated life. Around the time of her 18th birthday, times began to change, and the family heard about a large company that would be hiring to fill shift work and laborers for a large facility being built down at the Piedmont. That company would be known as Celanese, and it was this turn of events in her life that brought her to her present hometown of Rock Hill, South Carolina. The family would uproot and set out across the mountain to see what this new place could bring. As a new employee, employee number 47, Nora was tasked with learning the job and then training others to fill shifts. She remembers sleeping on a bench while others worked and trained during these times, sometimes staying all night while work was ramping up. She would work there for 21 years, marry, grow a family, and eventually set on a direction leading her to today. Celanese was going to place her on shift work, so she decided to take a package instead and went to the unemployment office.…”