# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-furse
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:25:59.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-furse"
name: "Elizabeth Furse"
slug: "elizabeth-furse"
description: "Elizabeth Furse was a Kenya Colony-born American small business owner and former faculty member of Portland State University. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999, representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. She was a Democrat, and was the first naturalized U.S. citizen born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress."
tagline: "American politician (1936-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabethfurse.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-10-13"
deathDate: "2021-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             4.682427426416111
  historical:           7.013968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Furse"
    title: "Elizabeth Furse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "اليزابيث فورسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "الیزابت فورز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Furse"
    title: "Elizabeth Furse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Furse"
    title: "Elizabeth Furse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Furse"
    title: "Elizabeth Furse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Furse"
    title: "Elizabeth Furse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Furse"
    title: "Elizabeth Furse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump