Tipper Gore

Mary Elizabeth Gore (née Aitcheson), more commonly called Tipper Gore (Washington D.C., August 19, 1948), is an American activist. She has been known above all as the wife of Al Gore, for which she was Second Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, and collaborated in her husband's candidacy for president.

Biography

She grew up in Arlington, Virginia. Her parents divorced her when she was four years old and she was raised by her mother and her grandmother. Tipper studied at a private Episcopalian college, St. Agnes (today St. Stephen's and St. Agnes ) in Alexandria, Virginia, where she excelled in gymnastics and played percussion in an all-girl band.

She met Al Gore at a high school dance and they started dating soon. When Gore moved to study at Harvard University, Tipper followed, attending Garland Junior College and then Boston College.

Tipper Gore graduated from Boston University with a BA in psychology in 1970 and a master's degree in psychology from George Peabody College at Vanderbilt University in 1975. Ms. Gore worked as a news photographer for the Nashville Tennessean until her husband was elected US Congressman in 1976.

In 1984, he co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center ('PMRC). Critics of the PMRC, such as the singer and writer Jello Biafra (ex-member of the Dead Kennedys), the singer Frank Zappa and the rapper Eminem, have accused the PMRC of conducting censorship campaigns, both public and surreptitious, against musicians, and have pointed out PMRC's ties to the American religious right. In 1987, the organization Padres pro del rock y el rap was founded, a civil rights platform in declared opposition to the activities of the PRMC.

In 2000, Tipper Gore began making public appearances as an advocate for mental health. She has been criticized by human rights organizations for her ambiguous stance on involuntary psychiatric treatment, including forced drug use and the legal prosecution of people diagnosed as ill.

In 2002, Tipper's supporters urged her to run for the Tennessee senator seat that her husband had previously held and was vacated by Fred Dalton Thompson. Tipper stated that this was not the best time for her.

The Gores have always been known for being a strong family. In 2002, Tipper and Al wrote two books on family values and the transformed American family: Joined at the Heart and Spirit of Family. (Family Spirit). The Gores have also been holding an annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee, that brings together families and those who work with them to discuss and devise better strategies to strengthen family life in America.

Al and Tipper Gore took up residence in Nasvhille. They have four children: Karenna (1973), Kristin (1977), Sarah (1979), and Albert III (1982). They also have two grandchildren: Anna and Wyatt.

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In early June 2010, the Gores announced via email that they were separating after 40 years of marriage.