Amanda Toll | |
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Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the Cheshire 16 district | |
Assumed office December 2, 2020 | |
Preceded by | William Pearson |
Personal details | |
Born | Amanda Elizabeth Toll New Hampshire,U.S. |
Children | 1 |
Education | Hampshire College (BA) University of Massachusetts Amherst (MEd) |
Amanda Elizabeth Toll is an American politician serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Cheshire 16 district. She assumed office on December 2,2020.
Toll was born and raised in New Hampshire. [1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science,women's studies,and modern American history from Hampshire College and a Master of Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [2]
Outside of politics,Toll has worked as a social studies teacher and small business-owner. She was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2020 and is a member of the House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee. [3]
In January 2022,Toll co-sponsored a bill that would require consent education to be a part of the curriculum in New Hampshire public schools. [4]
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