Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore is an American social issues advocate, activist, photographer and author who was the second lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
32 Facts About Tipper Gore
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Tipper Gore is married to Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, although they separated in 2010.
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In 1985, Gore co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center, which advocated for labeling of record covers of releases featuring profane language, especially in the heavy metal, punk, and hip hop genres of music.
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Tipper Gore was given the nickname "Tipper" by her mother, from a lullaby her mother had heard.
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Tipper Gore attended St Agnes, a private Episcopal school in Alexandria, Virginia, where she played basketball, softball and field hockey, and played the drums for an all-female band called The Wildcats.
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Tipper Gore met Al Gore at his senior prom in 1965.
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On May 19,1970, she and Tipper Gore were married at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Tipper Gore pursued a master's degree in psychology from Vanderbilt University's George Peabody College, graduating in 1975.
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Tipper Gore worked part-time as a newspaper photographer for Nashville's The Tennessean and continued as a freelance photographer in Washington after her husband was elected to the US Congress in 1976.
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Tipper Gore took an active role in her husband's political pursuits starting with his first campaign for the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee in 1976.
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In 1990, Tipper Gore founded the Tennessee Voices for Children to advance youth services for mental health and substance abuse.
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Tipper Gore co-chaired the National Mental Health Association's Child Mental Health Interest Group.
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Tipper Gore campaigned during her husband's 1988 presidential bid and toured with him and Bill and Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign of 1992.
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Tipper Gore's goals were to diminish the stigma surrounding mental illness and to bring awareness to the need for affordable mental health care.
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In 1999, Tipper Gore hosted the first White House Conference on Mental Health.
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Tipper Gore has frequently spoken about her own experience with depression and treatment following the near-fatal injury of her son Albert.
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Tipper Gore served as special advisor to the Interagency Council on the Homeless and as the national spokesperson for the "Back to Sleep" SIDS awareness campaign.
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In 1994, Tipper Gore visited a refugee camp and an orphanage in Zaire on a personal trip to provide aid in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
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Tipper Gore stayed in a UNICEF camp and assisted doctors and aid workers.
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Tipper Gore made an official visit to Honduras in 1998 following Hurricane Mitch to volunteer, bring medical supplies, and survey the damage.
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Tipper Gore took part in campaigning for the reelection of President Clinton and Vice President Tipper Gore in 1996, and she was actively involved in her husband's presidential campaign in 2000, making her own campaign stops and media appearances.
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Tipper Gore acted as an advisor and was a part of decisions including the hiring of Tony Coelho as chairman of the campaign and moving its headquarters to Nashville.
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In 2002, Tipper Gore was urged by her supporters to run for the vacant US Senate seat her husband once held in Tennessee, which was being vacated by Fred Thompson; however, she declined.
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Tipper Gore has been a long-time advocate for the LGBT community.
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Tipper Gore represented the Clinton administration in the Washington, DC AIDS Walk in 1993 as one of the highest-ranking public officials ever to participate.
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Tipper Gore was a public opponent of California's Proposition 8 to ban same-sex marriage in 2008.
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In high school, Tipper Gore was the drummer for an all-female band called the Wildcats.
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Tipper Gore has played drums with members of the Grateful Dead, and during the second night of the Spring 2009 Dead tour, Tipper Gore sat in playing drums during the closing song "Sugar Magnolia".
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Tipper Gore played with Herbie Hancock at the 25th Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2012.
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Tipper Gore has been dating Bill Allen, who is a former editor of National Geographic.
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Tipper Gore was prominently featured in the premiere of Duncanville's third season.
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Tipper Gore is the author of a number of books, including:.