Elizabeth Warren
publication date: Thursday, February 28, 2013 (part of Winter 2013)
category: Government
clue: Before Bay Staters elected this consumer protector, she needed protection from Cherokees who didn't like their heritage invoked.
explanation: Warren was a consumer protection advocate whose Massachusetts run for Senate was disrupted by controversy that she had gotten advantages in college by claiming she had Cherokee heritage. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, and Tony Peters

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