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LISTEN: Meet Jen Ellis, The Woman Behind Bernie Sanders’ Inauguration Day Mittens
By: Farah Eltohamy | NPR
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When Ellis, a second grade teacher from Vermont, gifted her senator a pair of wool mittens four years ago, she never imagined the viral sensation they would go on to become.