Madeline Albright, former Secretary of State, signing copies of Read My Pins
* 9/28/09 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble – East 86th Street. New York, NY.
* 10/3/09 2:00 PM at Barnes & Noble – Bethesda Avenue. Bethesda, MD.
* 10/4/09 2:00 PM at Barnes & Noble – Tysons Corner Center. McLean, VA.
* 10/7/09 12:30 PM at Borders Books – State Street. Chicago, IL.
* 10/10/09 4:00 PM at Borders Books – Crossroads Center Way. Baileys Crossroads, VA.
* 10/30/09 Noon at Book People – North Lamar. Austin, TX.
* 12/22/09 at the Tattered Cover Bookstore – 16th Street. Denver, CO.
Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate 99-0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997.
On January 23, 1997, when Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the United States secretary of state, she became the first woman to hold this position. Albright’s impressive career highlights a combination of scholarly research and political activity.
Family background and education
Madeleine Korbel Albright was born Marie Jana Korbel on May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic). Her grandmother gave her the nickname “Madeleine” when she was young, and her name was legally changed when she was an adolescent. Her father, Josef Korbel, was a member of the Czechoslovakian diplomatic service (a person who deals with international relations). Her mother, Anna, was a homemaker. Between 1937 and 1948 her family lived in Prague, Czechoslovakia; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; and London, England.
In 1948, while working for the United Nations, Madeleine’s father lived in India while the rest of the family lived in New York. When the Communists overthrew the Czechoslovakian government, her father was sentenced to death. Madeleine was eleven years old when her family was given political asylum, or a safe place to live, in the United States. Albright was strongly influenced by her father and credits his influence for her own view of the world.
After becoming a U.S. citizen, Albright pursued an academic career. Her education reflects her interest in politics. She studied political science at Wellesley College and graduated in 1959. Albright then went on to earn advanced degrees in international affairs from the Department of Public Law and Government at Columbia University.
Albright married Joseph Medill Patterson Albright three days after graduating from Wellesley. She and her husband lived in Chicago, Illinois, and Long Island, New York, before moving to Washington, D.C. She and her husband had three daughters before they divorced.
Early political career
Albright began her political career by working for the unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1976 of Senator Edmund S. Muskie (1914–1996). She then served as Senator Muskie’s chief legislative assistant from 1976 to 1978.
In 1978 Albright was asked by one of her former professors at Columbia University, Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–), National Security Adviser under President Jimmy Carter (1924–), to be a legislative liaison for the National Security Council. She remained in this position until 1981. Albright spent the following year writing Poland, the Role of the Press in Political Change, about the role played by the press during a time of unusual political change in Poland during the 1980s.
Albright’s next important career milestone came in 1982, when she joined the faculty of Georgetown University. At George-town she became a research professor of international affairs and the director of women students enrolled at the university’s School of Foreign Service.
Albright became advisor to presidential candidate Walter Mondale (1928–) and his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro (1935–), during their 1984 presidential race. She was senior policy advisor to Michael S. Dukakis (1933–) during his 1988 presidential campaign. In 1989, Albright became president of the Center for National Policy, a nonprofit research organization. Over the next few years she was appointed to the boards of several institutions, including Wellesley College, the Black Student Fund, and the Washington Urban League.
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