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==Early life==  

==Early life==  

Snowe was born Olympia Jean Bouchles in Augusta, Maine, the daughter of Georgia Goranites and George John Bouchles. She is a member of the [[Greek Orthodox Church]]. Olympia Snowe's mother died of [[breast cancer]] when she was eight, and her father died of heart disease barely a year later. Orphaned, she was moved to Auburn, Maine, to be raised by her aunt and uncle, a barber and a textile mill worker respectively, along with their five other children. Following her mother's death, Snowe was sent to St. Basil's Academy in Garrison, New York, where she remained from the third grade to the ninth. Returning to Auburn, she attended Edward Little High School, before entering the University of Maine in Orono, Maine in 1969, where she earned a degree in political science. In 1973, Snowe's husband was tragically killed in an automobile accident.

Snowe was born Olympia Jean Bouchles in Augusta, Maine, the daughter of Georgia Goranites and George John Bouchles. She is a member of the [[Greek Orthodox Church]]. Olympia Snowe's mother died of [[breast cancer]] when she was eight, and her father died of heart disease barely a year later. Orphaned, she was moved to Auburn, Maine, to be raised by her aunt and uncle, a barber and a textile mill worker respectively, along with their five other children. Following her mother's death, Snowe attended to St. Basil's Academy in Garrison, [[New York]] from the third grade to the ninth. Returning to Auburn, she attended Edward Little High School, before entering the University of Maine in Orono in 1969, where she earned a degree in political science. In 1973, Snowe's first husband was tragically killed in an automobile accident.

==Political career==  

==Political career==