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Madeleine K. Albright
May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022
“I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don’t push it away from the building—you are only strengthened if there are more women.”
Author, Educator, Political scientist and Foreign policy advisor. National Security Council, 1978–1981. Academic faculty, Georgetown University, Eastern European studies, 1982–1993. Counselor to President Jimmy Carter and foreign policy adviser to three presidential candidates: former Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota in 1984, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts in 1988 and Mr. Clinton in 1992. Under President Bill Clinton, represented America at the United Nations. Days after beginning his second term, Mr. Clinton nominated Ms. Albright as secretary of state. She was unanimously confirmed by the Senate (99-0) and was the first woman to serve as secretary of state. B.A. Wellesley College, 1959. Master’s degree, Columbia University, 1968. PhD, Columbia University, 1975.
Photo. Time Magazine Woman of the Year, 1999.
More About Madeleine:
- Obituary, New York Times
- Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Funeral Service
- Secretary Clinton Pays Tribute to Predecessor Madeleine Albright at National Cathedral Funeral Service
- “Tribute to my classmate, Maddy Albright, Wellesley College, ’59,” by Retired Commander Beth F. Coye, U.S. Navy
- Students and Alumni Remember Madeleine Albright as Their Georgetown Professor – Georgetown University, The Albright Institute
- Madeleine Albright’s teaching continues—through these books, by Meghan Collins Sullivan
- Albright, Dylan among recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom | CNN
- National Women’s Hall of Fame
- Select Interviews/speeches:
- Papers:
- Madeleine Albright – Wikipedia