Amanda Elizabeth Toll is an American politician serving as a member of the

New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral State legislature (United States), legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members com ...

from the

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16 district. She assumed office on December 2, 2020.

Early life and education

Toll was born and raised in

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. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, women's studies, and modern American history from

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...

and a Master of Education from the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

Career

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. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Toll, Amanda Living people Democratic Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Women state legislators in New Hampshire Hampshire College alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the New Hampshire General Court