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A legendary life
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright
1937 – 2022
Diplomat and scholar who became the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
Her story
A life that changed history
Madeleine Albright served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations before becoming Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001. She later taught diplomacy at Georgetown University and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
“The institutional conflict is inevitable, so this magnifies the importance of personal relationships and of informal decision-making procedures.”
Clinton Presidential History Project oral-history interview, Miller Center
“I used to say all the time that they weren’t hearings, they were yellings.”
Clinton Presidential History Project oral-history interview, Miller Center