10 Facts About Madeleine Albright

1. In 1998, at the NATO summit, Madeleine Albright articulated what became known as the "three Ds" of NATO, "which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication—because I think that we don't need any of those three "Ds" to happen.

2. In 1998 Madeleine Albright was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

3. In 2009 Madeleine Albright published the book Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box about her pins.

4. In September 2009, Madeleine Albright opened an exhibition of her personal jewelry collection at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City, which ran until January 2010.

5. In 2003, Madeleine Albright accepted a position on the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange.

6. In 2001, Madeleine Albright was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

7. In 2000, Madeleine Albright became one of the highest level Western diplomats ever to meet Kim Jong-il, the then-leader of communist North Korea, during an official state visit to that country.

8. In 1998, at the NATO summit, Madeleine Albright articulated what became known as the "three Ds" of NATO, "which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication—because I think that we don't need any of those three "Ds" to happen.

9. In 1967 Madeleine Albright gave birth to another daughter, Katherine Medill Albright, and continued her studies at Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government.

10. In 1997, Madeleine Albright said her parents never told her or her two siblings about their Jewish ancestry and heritage.