Gerrie SchipskeGerrie Schipske vaulted from the delivery room at Long Beach Naval Hospital in 1950 to a degree in history from UC Irvine in 1973 to successful careers as a registered nurse, attorney and teacher of women's studies, political science and public administration at Cal State Long Beach to her election to the Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees in 1992 to razor-thin losses as the Democratic nominee to Republican Assemblyman Steve Kuykend