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Early life and Activism

Fox was married and after separating from her husband, moved back to Boston with her two sons. In the 1960s she lived with her family in the Whittier Street Housing Development where she first became involved with childcare and education. She began her community involvement in Roxbury through the Model Neighborhood Board during the time of demolition along Tremont Street to build Interstate 95. Her growing involvement spanned from the anti-poverty movement to the health center movement, where she became active in the Whittier Street Service Center Program. Fox rose from organizer to director of the Whittier Street Service Center and took on an increasingly large amount of responsibility as an active advocate of the Lower Roxbury Community.

Political career

On March 19, 2014 a jury found the Boston Herald liable in the libel suit brought by Marinova, citing the fact that no sexual acts occurred while Fox and Marinova visited the prison, as the Herald had reported.

In 2005, Fox co-sponsored a failed bill that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to receive in-state tuition on the condition that they had filed, or were planning to file, an application for citizenship.

Fox's voting record on social issues such as women's reproductive rights, the environment and low-income employment has earned her top ratings from several interest groups. From 2005-2011, Fox was rated 100% by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, NARAL Pro-Choice America - Massachusetts, Massachusetts National Organization for Women and Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts.

Organizations

Fox has remained an active member of the community since being elected to office. She is on the Board of Directors of Boston Afro-American Artists Association and the Vice-Chair for the Boston delegation of the Massachusetts Million Woman March Movement. She is also a member of the Boston Black Media Coalition, the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Primary Source, Say Brother Community Committee and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Awards and Achievements

In 2011, Fox received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Black Caucus of State Legislators for her community activism.