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One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.
Madeleine Albright
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Madeleine Albright
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 1
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