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18:00 BST 16 May 2024, updated 22:34 BST 16 May 2024
By Emily Selleck
The mother of conservative Christian NFL player Harrison Butker is a physicist
Butker said a woman’s life ‘truly’ begins when she gets married and has children
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The mother of misogynistic Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is an accomplished and decorated scientist, DailyMail.com can reveal.
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It comes after the Super Bowl winner controversially said a woman’s life doesn’t ‘truly’ begin until she gets married and has kids.
But, ironically, his own mother is Elizabeth Keller Butker – a physicist working at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Elizabeth holds several academic accolades, including a degree in chemistry from Smith College, a private women’s liberal arts school in Massachusetts.
The mother-of-two went on to earn her master’s degree in medical physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology before joining Emory in 1988, where she specializes in brachytherapy and Gamma Knife medical physics care.
Harrison Butker’s mom, Elizabeth Keller Butker, is a physicist working at Emory University
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Harrison Butker’s mom, Elizabeth Keller Butker, is a physicist working at Emory University
The accomplished scientist holds several academic accolades, including a master’s degree
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The accomplished scientist holds several academic accolades, including a master’s degree
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The revelation that Elizabeth is highly accomplished in the medical field follows her son’s sexist remarks during a commencement speech at Benedictine College last week
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‘I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you,’ he said, before suggesting the female graduates were ‘most excited’ about getting married and having kids, rather than pursuing a career.
‘I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother,’ he went on.
‘Isabelle’s dream of having a career might not have come true. But if you ask her today, if she has any regrets on her decision, she would laugh out loud without hesitation and say, “heck no.”‘
The irony that Harrison was raised by an accomplished career woman, who he did not mention in his speech, was not lost on fans.
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