From 1995 to 1997 she was the Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission. Although she lost the 1992 election, Congressman Blackburn continued to be active in social and political venues in the State of Tennessee. That same year she was named a delegate to the Republican National convention. She ran for the 6th Tennessee District seat in the U. In 1989, she was named the Chair of the Williamson County Republican Party. She continues to run this business to this day.Ĭongressman Blackburn was also the founder of the Williamson County, TN, Young Republicans.
She held this position until 1978, when, she became the owner of Marketing Strategies, a promotion-event management firm. In 1975 she was named Director of Retail Fashion and Special Events of the Caster Knott Co.
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Her professional career began in 1973 when she was hired as a sales manager for Times Mirror, Inc. In 1974 she married Chuck Blackburn and they eventually had two children, Chad and Mary Morgan. Blackburn was one of the first female representatives for Southwestern in the South and she helped the company organize an all female sales division. She also worked as the Student Manager for the Southwestern Company, selling books door-to-door.
While at Mississippi State she was a recipient of a 4-H Scholarship, was President of the Associated Women Students, and was a member of Gamma Beta Phi. She was a 1973 graduate of Mississippi State University, receiving a Bachelor's of Science degree in Home Economics. Marsha Blackburn was born Jin Laurel, Mississippi.
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