Editing Teresa Heinz

{{short description|American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1938)}}
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{{Portuguese name|Thierstein|Simões-Ferreira}}
{{Infobox person
| image            = Teresa Heinz Kerry 2013.jpg
| caption          = Heinz in 2013
| birth_name       = Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1938|10|5}}<ref name="Thurman" />
| birth_place      = [[Maputo|Lourenço Marques]], [[Portuguese Mozambique|Portuguese East Africa]]<br />(today [[Maputo]], Mozambique)
| nationality      = American<br>Portuguese
| education        = {{plainlist}}
* [[University of the Witwatersrand]] (BA)
* [[Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva|University of Geneva, School of Translation and Interpretation]] (MA)
{{endplainlist}}
| other_names      = Teresa Heinz Kerry
| occupation       = Businesswoman, philanthropist
| party            = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (since 2003)<br/>
[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (until 2003)             
| spouse           = {{plainlist}}
* {{marriage|[[John Heinz]]|1966|1991|end=died}}
* {{marriage|[[John Kerry]]|1995}}
{{endplainlist}}
| children         = 3, including [[André Heinz|André]] and [[Christopher Heinz|Christopher]]
}}
'''Teresa Heinz''' (born '''Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira'''; October 5, 1938),<ref name="Thurman">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/27/the-candidates-wife|title=The Candidate's Wife|last=Thurman|first=Judith|magazine=The New Yorker|date=September 27, 2004|access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Lawrence">{{cite news | title = With Teresa, expect an unconventional campaign | first = Jill | last = Lawrence | date = May 26, 2004 | access-date = July 29, 2006 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-05-23-heinz-kerry-cover_x.htm | work=USA Today}}</ref> also known as '''Teresa Heinz Kerry''',<ref name="Lawrence"/> is a Portuguese-American businesswoman and philanthropist. Heinz is the widow of former [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[John Heinz]] and the current wife of former [[U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate|United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate]], longtime U.S. Senator, and [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]] Democratic presidential nominee [[John Kerry]]. Heinz has served as chair of the [[Heinz Endowments]] and the Heinz Family Philanthropies.

==Early life==
Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira was born in the city of Lourenço Marques (later renamed [[Maputo]]) in the east African colony of [[Portuguese Mozambique]], which later became the nation of [[Mozambique]].<ref name="Thurman" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hfp.heinz.org/aboutus/teresaheinz_01.html|title=Heinz Family Philanthropies - Teresa Heinz Biography|date=August 12, 2004|access-date=November 21, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812144600/http://www.hfp.heinz.org/aboutus/teresaheinz_01.html|archive-date=August 12, 2004}}</ref> Her parents were José Simões-Ferreira Jr.,<ref name="geneall.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=241307|title=Genea Portugal – José Simões-Ferreira Júnior (Portuguese genealogical site)}} – according to {{cite book|url=http://www.dislivro.pt/detalhes_livros.asp?Cat_Id=1001&offset=15&Product_Id=190|title=The Portuguese Genealogy of Teresa Heinz Kerry|publisher=Dislivro, Lda.|location=Lisbon|year=2004|isbn=972-8876-11-4}}</ref> a Portuguese-born oncologist<ref name="Thurman" /> and tropical disease specialist,<ref name="geneall.net"/> and Irene Thierstein, a Portuguese and British<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/27/dems.teresa/index.html|title=Teresa Heinz Kerry promotes 'women's voices'|last=Loughlin|first=Sean|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 27, 2008|date=July 28, 2004}}</ref> national.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=241308|title=Irene Thierstein (Portuguese genealogy site)}} – according to [http://www.dislivro.pt/detalhes_livros.asp?Cat_Id=1001&offset=15&Product_Id=190 "The Portuguese Genealogy of Teresa Heinz Kerry"], Lisbon, 2004.</ref> Irene Thierstein's father was the scion of a Swiss-German family living in [[Malta]], and her mother was the half-French, half-Italian daughter of an Alexandrian shipowner who traded with Russia during the [[Crimean War]];<ref name="Thurman" /> both emigrated to Portuguese East Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=314687|title=Alberto Thierstein (Portuguese genealogy site)}} – according to [http://www.dislivro.pt/detalhes_livros.asp?Cat_Id=1001&offset=15&Product_Id=190 "The Portuguese Genealogy of Teresa Heinz Kerry"], Lisbon 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=314688|title=Maria Burló (Portuguese genealogy site)}} – according to [http://www.dislivro.pt/detalhes_livros.asp?Cat_Id=1001&offset=15&Product_Id=190 "The Portuguese Genealogy of Teresa Heinz Kerry"], Lisbon 2004.</ref> Simões-Ferreira was raised [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name="Lawrence" />

In 1960, Simões-Ferreira earned a Bachelor of Arts in [[Romance languages|Romance Languages]] and Literature from the [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg, South Africa. In 1963, she graduated from the School of Translation and Interpretation at the [[University of Geneva]]; after her graduation, she moved to the United States to be an [[interpreter]] at the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/people/profiles/teresa-heinz-kerry-too-much-attitude-for-a-first-lady-68008.html |title=Teresa Heinz Kerry: Too much attitude for a First Lady? |website=the-independent.com|last=Usborne |first=David| date=February 6, 2004}}</ref>

==Marriages, children, and personal life==
On February 5, 1966, at [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's]] gothic [[Heinz Chapel]] on the campus of the [[University of Pittsburgh]], Simões-Ferreira married future U.S. Senator [[John Heinz]], an heir to the [[H. J. Heinz Company]].<ref name="remember">{{cite web|url=https://www.pennlive.com/galleries/QH5ODNUCUNETPKXD3NDS3GS6KE/|title=Remembering Sen. John Heinz, 30 years after his death|website=pennlive.com|last=Pickel|first=Janet|access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Thurman" /> The couple had three sons, including [[André Heinz|André]], and [[Christopher Drake Heinz|Christopher]].<ref name="remember" /> In 1971, Teresa Heinz became a [[naturalized United States citizen]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2004/03/07/heinz-embraces-prospect-becoming-first/50444712007/ |title=Heinz embraces prospect of becoming first lady |website=southcoasttoday.com|last=Testa |first=Karen |date=March 6, 2004}}</ref> John Heinz died in [[Merion air disaster|a plane crash]] on April 4, 1991.<ref name="remember" /> Teresa Heinz inherited a fortune from her husband upon his death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/03/24/sen-kerry-not-banking-on-his-wifes-fortune/1687f03a-0472-4d7a-b4f4-5fcae1fd22df/|title=Sen. Kerry Not Banking on His Wife's Fortune |website=washingtonpost.com|date=March 23, 2003}}</ref>
[[File:Secretary Kerry and his Wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Enjoy Their Grandson.jpg|thumb|right|Teresa Heinz Kerry and Secretary Kerry with her grandson]]
In 1990, Teresa Heinz met Senator John Kerry at an [[Earth Day]] rally. This was the only reported time the two met before John Heinz's death. In 1992, Teresa Heinz met Kerry again, this time at the [[Earth Summit]] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Heinz was a member of a [[United States Department of State|State Department]] delegation appointed by then-[[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Heinz and Kerry were married May 26, 1995, in [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/05/26/Kerry-Heinz-wed-on-Nantucket/1150801460800/ |title=Kerry, Heinz wed on Nantucket |website=upi.com |date=May 26, 1995}}</ref>

Following her marriage to Kerry, Heinz retained the name Teresa Heinz. In May 2004, she said: <blockquote>
My legal name is still Teresa Heinz. Teresa Heinz Kerry is my name... for politics. Just so people don't ask me questions about so and so is so and so's wife or this and that. Teresa Heinz is what I've been all my growing-up life, adult life, more than any other name. And it's the name of my boys, you know ?... So, that's my legal name and that's my office name, my Pittsburgh name.<ref name="Lawrence"/>
</blockquote>
In addition to Portuguese (her native language),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/nation/20020605teresanat1p1.asp|title=What Teresa Heinz found and what she lost|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817074104/http://old.post-gazette.com/nation/20020605teresanat1p1.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Heinz speaks English, Spanish, French, and Italian.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/on_the_trail/2004/09/the_foreign_wives_club.html|title = Teresa Heinz Kerry's accent problem| journal=Slate |date = September 13, 2004| last1=Suellentrop | first1=Chris }}</ref> She is [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]].<ref name="Thurman" />

===Health===
In December 2009, Heinz revealed that she was being treated for breast cancer.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1949836,00.html | magazine=Time|title=Teresa Heinz Treated for Breast Cancer| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091226035420/http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1949836,00.html|archive-date=December 26, 2009 }}</ref> Heinz indicated that she had undergone several lumpectomies and would be following up with a targeted type of radiation therapy treatment called accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gSlEyIlyRzEbDZkRWbVe4kxaVMjAD9COR5300 |title=Associated Press: Teresa Heinz says she's fighting breast cancer|website=[[Google News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228010358/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gSlEyIlyRzEbDZkRWbVe4kxaVMjAD9COR5300 |archive-date=December 28, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtanswers.org/treatmentinformation/cancertypes/breast/accelerated.aspx |title=Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation |publisher=Rtanswers.org |date=June 16, 2010 |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928133238/http://www.rtanswers.org/treatmentinformation/cancertypes/breast/accelerated.aspx |archive-date=September 28, 2011  }}</ref>

On July 7, 2013, Heinz was taken by ambulance to [[Nantucket Cottage Hospital]] after showing symptoms consistent with a seizure. She was described as being in "critical but stable" condition. Heinz was then flown to [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] for further medical treatment and tests. Her condition was upgraded to fair the next day,<ref>{{cite news|title=Teresa Heinz Kerry upgraded to fair condition|url=http://www.boston.com/news/source/2013/07/teresa_heinz_kerry_upgraded_to_fair_condition.html|publisher=Boston.com|access-date=July 8, 2013|first=Angela|last=Nelson|date=July 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Teresa Heinz Kerry showed symptoms of seizure|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57592621/reports-teresa-heinz-kerry-showed-symptoms-of-seizure/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712071305/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57592621/reports-teresa-heinz-kerry-showed-symptoms-of-seizure|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2013|publisher=CBS News|access-date=July 8, 2013}}</ref> and doctors were able to rule out a heart attack, brain tumor, stroke, and other triggers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Breanna|title=Aide: Teresa Heinz Kerry improving|date=July 9, 2013 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/aide-teresa-heinz-kerry-improves-93897.html?hp=r22|publisher=POLITICO|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> On July 11, she was transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital to continue her recovery.<ref>{{cite news|title=Teresa Heinz Kerry Condition Improves: John Kerry's Wife Moves To Rehab Hospital|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/11/teresa-heinz-kerry-condition_n_3582496.html|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=July 23, 2013|date=July 11, 2013}}</ref> Heinz was released on July 17, 2013, from [[Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital]] in Boston. She recovered at home after some limited out-patient treatment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Teresa Heinz Kerry released from hospital|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/27/19719730-teresa-heinz-kerry-released-from-hospital?lite|publisher=NBC News|access-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
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Heinz has served as chair of the [[Heinz Endowments]] and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, disbursing money to various social and environmental causes. She assists the City of Pittsburgh, where the Heinz family has many financial and family connections. In recognition of her philanthropy and activism, Heinz has received [[Honorary degree|honorary doctoral degrees]] from the following institutions:
* [[Bank Street College of Education]]
* [[Beloit College]]
* [[Carlow University]]
* [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
* [[Clark University]]
* [[Drexel University]]
* [[Kenyon College]]
* [[Medical College of Pennsylvania]]
* [[Pine Manor College]]
* [[University of Massachusetts Boston]]
* [[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth]]
* [[Washington & Jefferson College]]
* [[University of the Witwatersrand]], Johannesburg

In 2003, Heinz was awarded the [[Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal for Humanitarianism]]. She has been elected a [[Fellow]] of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. She has been a Trustee of the [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)]], which Kerry attended.

Heinz is on the Board of Selectors of [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board|title=The Jefferson Awards for Public Service|date=January 6, 2009|access-date=November 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106145805/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board|archive-date=January 6, 2009}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=January 2025}}

===Environmental programs and advocacy===
Heinz has contributed to the environmental movement through many programs and outreach efforts. In 1990, she co-founded the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (later known as the Alliance for Healthy Homes, it has since merged with the [[National Center for Healthy Housing]]), through the first environmental grant of the Vira I. Heinz Endowment.<ref name="dep">[http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/DEPUTATE/polycomm/update/12-22-95/Vol1No47.htm The Title of the Web Page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060306001326/http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/DEPUTATE/polycomm/update/12-22-95/Vol1No47.htm |date=March 6, 2006 }}</ref> In 1992, she was a Delegate to the [[Earth Summit]], representing Non-Governmental Organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnkerry.com/about/teresa/ |title=John Kerry |publisher=John Kerry |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808135141/http://www.johnkerry.com/about/teresa/ |archive-date=August 8, 2008  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://icte.umsl.edu/docs/newsletter/vol10i.pdf|title=TERESA HEINZ TO RECEIVE WORLD ECOLOGY AWARD|website=Icte.umsl.edu|access-date=January 26, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705092828/http://icte.umsl.edu/docs/newsletter/vol10i.pdf|archive-date=July 5, 2007}}</ref>

In 1993, with Kerry and environmentalist academic Dr. [[Anthony Cortese]], she co-founded Second Nature, which brings "Education for Sustainability" to college campuses.<ref>[http://www.secondnature.org/aboutsn/aboutsn.htm Second Nature | About SN] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209103932/http://www.secondnature.org/aboutsn/aboutsn.htm |date=February 9, 2007 }}</ref> In 1993, she founded the [[Heinz Award]]s, including a category for Outstanding Contributions to the Environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heinzawards.net/ |title=The Heinz Awards |publisher=The Heinz Awards |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> In 1995, with a $20 million grant, the Heinz Endowments provided initial funding for The Heinz Center,<ref name="dep" /> "a nonprofit institution dedicated to improving the scientific and economic foundation for environmental policy through multisectoral collaboration among industry, government, academia, and environmental organizations."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heinzctr.org/index.shtml |title=The Heinz Center – Home Page |publisher=Heinzctr.org |access-date=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20080409142050/http%3A//www.heinzctr.org/index.shtml |archive-date=April 9, 2008  }}</ref>

Since 1996, Heinz has hosted an annual "Women's Health and the Environment" conference series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heinzfamily.org/programs/womensconferences.html |title=Heinz Family Philanthropies – Women's Conferences |publisher=Heinzfamily.org |date=October 1, 2004 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> She founded Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research, which annually awards eight $10,000 awards for doctoral dissertation support and eight $5,000 awards for Masters' thesis support for research having "public policy relevance that increases society's understanding of environmental concerns and proposed solutions."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hfp.heinz.org/programs/environmentalscholars.html|title=Heinz Family Philanthropies - Scholars for Environmental Research|date=June 5, 2004|access-date=November 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605020512/http://www.hfp.heinz.org/programs/environmentalscholars.html|archive-date=June 5, 2004}}</ref> Heinz is a board member of the [[Environmental Defense Fund]].<ref>[http://www.environmentaldefense.org/aboutus.cfm?tagID=365 Board of Trustees – About Us – Environmental Defense] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201234617/http://www.environmentaldefense.org/aboutus.cfm?tagID=365 |date=December 1, 2006 }}</ref>

===Women's economic security programs and advocacy===
In 1995, the book ''Pensions in Crisis: Why the system is failing America and how you can protect your future'' (later republished as ''The Pension Book'') was published, with support from the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation, and a foreword by Heinz.<ref name="hfp_retirement">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hfp.heinz.org/programs/womensretirement.html|title=Heinz Family Philanthropies - Women's Retirement Initiative|date=December 19, 2003|access-date=November 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031219200600/http://www.hfp.heinz.org/programs/womensretirement.html|archive-date=December 19, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biblio.com/books/37833981.html|title=Pensions in Crisis: Why the system is failing America and how you can protect your future - Karen and Blackwell, Kate Ferguson|date=September 26, 2007|access-date=November 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222803/http://www.biblio.com/books/37833981.html|archive-date=September 26, 2007}}</ref>

Spurred by the issues uncovered by ''Pensions in Crisis'', Heinz and her foundation created the Women's Retirement Initiative to "extend that investigation and examine how the dynamics of our pension and retirement system contribute to the disproportionate rate of poverty among older women."<ref name="hfp_retirement" />

In 1996, the Heinz Foundations created WISER, the Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heinzfamily.org/issues/womensecosec_02.html |title=Heinz Family Philanthropies – WISER |publisher=Heinzfamily.org |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref>

==Wealth==
Heinz is estimated to be worth between $750 million and $1.2 billion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-27-na-heinz27-story.html|title=Estimate of Heinz Fortune Doubled|last=Vartabedian|first=Ralph|date=June 27, 2004|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 21, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> In 2017 Heinz and Kerry listed an ocean-front home on [[Nantucket]] for sale at $25 million.<ref>{{cite web|last=Balling |first=Joshua |url=http://www.ack.net/Kerry-Heinzhouse060916.html |title=Kerry-Heinz house on market for $25 million - News - The Inquirer and Mirror - Nantucket, MA |website=Ack.net |access-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610162615/http://www.ack.net/Kerry-Heinzhouse060916.html |archivedate=June 10, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Politics==
Like her first husband, Heinz was a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] for most of her voting life, and she remained a registered Republican despite being married to Kerry. In January 2003, she changed her registration to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 16, 2003 |title=News |url=https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Kerry-s-Wife-Moves-to-Democratic-Party-7706971.php |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=MrT.com}}</ref>

In 2003, Heinz was named to the [[PoliticsPA]] list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women".<ref>{{cite web| title =Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women| work = [[PoliticsPA]]| publisher = The Publius Group| year = 2001| url = http://www.politicspa.com/features/mostpoliticallypowerfulwomen.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040209095936/http://politicspa.com/features/mostpoliticallypowerfulwomen.htm|archive-date=February 9, 2004}}</ref>

Heinz is said to have been encouraged to run for her first husband's vacant Senate seat after his death. Heinz declined and refused to endorse Republican Congressman [[Rick Santorum]]'s [[United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1994|1994 bid]] for the seat. She publicly denounced him as the "antithesis" of her late husband, and later called him "[[Forrest Gump (character)|Forrest Gump]] with attitude."<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=May 15, 2006 |title=First Lady of Pennsylvania |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2006/05/15/first-lady-of-pennsylvania/ |access-date=May 28, 2024 |website=Philadelphia Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> It was rumored she would challenge Santorum in [[United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2006|2006]] (as a Democrat),{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} but she did not enter the race, and the Democratic nomination went to [[Treasurer of Pennsylvania|State Treasurer]] [[Bob Casey Jr.]], who went on to defeat Santorum.

In a 2004 interview, Heinz criticized [[George W. Bush]]'s [[Iraq War]] policy, stating, "Our first priority was terrorism. We have now made enemies of people who were our friends, and even our allies distrust us. And that's a terrible thing."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=124249&page=1 |title=Heinz Kerry on Iraq, Vietnam, and Presidential Politics |date=May 6, 2004 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>

Heinz has a reputation in the media as a very direct personality.<ref>{{cite news | title = The Making of a Non-President | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49993-2004Nov14.html | author = Kurtz, Howard |newspaper=The Washington Post | page = C01 | date = November 15, 2004 | access-date = July 29, 2006 | author-link = Howard Kurtz }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407226/site/newsweek | title = How Bush Did It |work=Newsweek | date = November 15, 2004 | access-date = July 29, 2006 | url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060619172718/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407226/site/newsweek |archive-date = June 19, 2006}}</ref> In an interview published in ''[[USA Today]]'' in July 2004, Heinz was asked about the differences between then-First Lady [[Laura Bush]] and herself:
<blockquote>
"Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things. And I'm older, and my validation of what I do and what I believe and my experience is a little bit bigger — because I'm older, and I've had different experiences. And it's not a criticism of her. It's just, you know, what life is about."<ref>{{cite news | title = The real running mates |work=USA Today | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2004-10-19-teresa_x.htm | date = October 20, 2004 | access-date = July 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103140011/https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2004-10-19-teresa_x.htm |archive-date= Jan 3, 2007 }}</ref>
</blockquote>
Heinz retracted the statement later, saying she was "sincerely sorry" for the remark. "I had forgotten that Mrs. Bush had worked as a schoolteacher and librarian, and there couldn't be a more important job than teaching our children", Heinz said. "As someone who has been both a full time mom and full time in the workforce, I know we all have valuable experiences that shape who we are. I appreciate and honor Mrs. Bush's service to the country as first lady, and am sincerely sorry I had not remembered her important work in the past."<ref name = Apology>{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/20/theresa.apologizes.laura | title = Heinz Kerry apologizes for remark | publisher = CNN | date = October 21, 2004 | access-date = July 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070327052937/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/20/theresa.apologizes.laura/ |archive-date= March 27, 2007 }}</ref>

Bush brushed it off, saying, "It didn't matter to me. It didn't hurt my feelings. It was perfectly all right that she apologized. She didn't have to apologize. I know how tough it is. And actually I know those trick questions."<ref>{{cite news | publisher = CNN | url = http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/21/laura.teresa/ | title = Laura Bush brushes aside Heinz Kerry's remarks | date = October 21, 2004 | access-date = July 29, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314141312/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/21/laura.teresa/ |archive-date= March 14, 2007 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{wikiquote|Teresa Heinz Kerry}}
* [http://www.heinzawards.net/ The Heinz Awards]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080720091106/http://www.johnkerry.com/about/teresa JohnKerry.com – About Teresa]
* [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041022-120846-3334r.htm Polite society anticipates Teresa's pizazz] – from ''[[The Washington Times]]''
* [http://www.heinz.org/ The Heinz Endowments] (the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171728/http://www.visitsunvalley.com/thismomentonearth/ Visitsunvalley.com – This Moment On Earth] 
* {{C-SPAN|1006014}}

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