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Madam Secretary
Thomas Blood's Madame Secretary is a riveting biography of the first woman U. S. Secretary of State, Madeline Albright, "the ultimate independent woman" ( The New York Times Magazine). No American envoy has ever burst on the diplomatic scene and grabbed center stage in the theater of foreign relations like Madeleine Albright. Navigating difficult terrain as few can, Washington D. C. insider Thomas Blood provides exclusive interviews with, and revealing anecdotes from, politicians, friends, adversaries, and colleagues, including former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Senators Leahy, Mikulski, Kerrey, Helms, Reid, and Rockefeller, and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt. This unique bio...
Seasons of Her Life
When Madeleine Korbel Albright was sworn in as secretary of state in January 1997, she made headlines around the world. She was the first woman to rise to the top tier of American government and had a reputation for defining foreign policy in blunt one-liners that voters could understand. When her Jewish heritage was disclosed, people were intrigued by her personal story and wondered how it was possible -- if it were possible -- that she truly could have been ignorant of her past. Veteran Time magazine correspondent Ann Blackman has written the first comprehensive biography of Madeleine Albright. The book reveals a life of enormous texture -- a lonely, peripatetic childhood in war-ravaged Eu...
Madam Secretary
The daughter of a Czechoslovakian diplomat, Madeleine Korbel grew up in the troubled Europe of World War II. Fleeing first Nazism then communism, the Korbels finally settled in the United States while Madeleine was still a child. She attended Wellesley College, married Joseph Albright, and raised three daughters. She also earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and became a foreign policy adviser to several American politicians. After serving President Bill Clinton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, she was appointed as the first female secretary of state. Since leaving that prestigious post, Madeleine Albright has continued to write, speak, and teach. She remains a committed advocate of democracy and a believer in the power we all have to shape our future into one worth embracing. Book jacket.
A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists
Presents biographical profiles of American women leaders and activists, including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, and historical influence.
Gender and Political Communication in America
At a time when presidential campaigns are shaped to appeal to women voters, when masculinity constructs impinge on wartime leaders, and when the United States appears to move towards the possibility of a woman president, it is vital that communication scholarship addresses the issue of gender and politics in a comprehensive manner. Gender and Political Communication in America: Rhetoric, Representation, and Display takes on this challenge, as it investigates, from a rhetorical and critical standpoint, the intersection and mutual influences of gender and political communication as they are realized in the nation's political discourse. Representing some of the leading investigators on gender a...
Madam Secretary
“One of the most diverting political bios in recent memory.” -- Entertainment Weekly Revised and updated with a new epilogue, Madam Secretary is the moving and inspiring memoir of one of the most distinguished public figures in American history, seven-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright A national bestseller on its first publication in 2003, Madam Secretary is the riveting personal story of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. For eight years, during Bill Clinton’s two presidential terms, Albright was an active participant in some of the most dramatic events of our time—from the pursuit of peace in the Middle East to NATO’s humanitarian intervention in Kosovo. In this thoughtful memoir, one of the most admired women in American history shares her remarkable story, including thoughts on her upbringing in Czechoslovakia and her role as a wife and mother, and provides an insider’s view on global affairs during this period of extraordinary turbulence. Madam Secretary offers an inimitable blend of Albright’s warm humor, personal recollection, and riveting insight on events that shaped our nation and our world.
Madeleine Albright
Describes the personal life and political career of Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become Secretary of State.
Madeleine Albright
The definitive biography of one of the most admired women in America. She was born Maria Jana Korbelova in Prague just before the outbreak of World War II, the first child of Czech Jewish parents. Almost sixty years later Madeleine Korbel Albright was sworn in as the U.S. Secretary of State, the first woman to hold the position. Here is the story of her dramatic life and rise to power in this meticulously researched biography that expands on the noteworthy research by Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs who, in 1997, first pieced together the incredible and nearly lost history of Albright's early life. At the age of two, Madeleine was saved from almost certain death by being whisked to fr...
Madeleine Albright
Biography on politician Madeleine Albright. Women Of Achievement.
