Therese Duke

Therese Phyllis Duke is a white woman from Massachusetts, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She lives in Charlton, Massachusetts. (a)
2. She has lived in other areas of Massachusetts including Lowell, Upton and Southbridge. (b)
3. She previously lived in East Berne, New York, USA, in Jamul, California, USA and in Chula Vista, California. (b)
4. She earned her associate degree in administration of justice from San Diego Miramar College in San Diego, California. (c)
5. From January 1995 to December 2001, she worked as a licensed practical nurse at the inpatient surgical unit, urgent care and veterinary emergency clinic and specialty outpatient clinics of Veterans Health Organization in La Jolla, California. (c)
6. In 2002, she gave birth to Helena Duke. (d)
7. From April 2002 to December 2003, she worked as a licensed practical nurse at the dermatology, cardiopulmonary and allergy clinic of Scripps Health in La Mesa, California. (c)
8. In December 2004, she started working as a patient care assistant at the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) clinic of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. (c)
9. She was a Democrat for the majority of her life before Donald Trump was elected as the 45th U.S. president in 2016, according to her daughter Helena. (d) In 2017, she became a supporter of Trump. (e)
10. She thought Black Lives Matter was a violent organization. When she found out Helena participated in a BLM march, she told her daughter she was no longer welcome in their house. (d)
11. On January 5, 2021, she was caught on camera being punched in the nose by African-American woman Ashanti Smith outside the Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., USA (f) which caused a small laceration to her left eye. (a) Smith said she was assaulted and she just defended herself. (g)
12. She was with Richard Lorenz and Annie Lorenz on January 5, 2021. (h)
13. On January 6, 2021, she sent a text message to Helena telling her she was home. In response, her daughter asked how her nose was. (d)

(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)

SOURCES:

• a. MassLive
• b. Whitepages
• c. Therese Duke
• d. BuzzFeed News
• e. Boston Globe Media
• f. Daily Mail
• g. Ashanti Smith
• h. Helena Duke