Who is Condoleeza Rice?

             Condoleezza Rice is a politician, golfer, sports fanatic, an educator, and arguably one of the most powerful women in the world. Condoleezza Rice was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 14, 1954 to two educators. Rice grew up in an extremely segregated environment, but her parents refused to let that stop their daughter from achieving greatness. Rice’s amazing accomplishments started at a young age, she began piano lessons when she was three years old and had her first recital when she was four. If that was not enough for a young girl she also took French, Spanish, and became a competitive figure skater. Rice was also an exceptional student, she completely skipped first grade and advanced from sixth to eighth grade. Rice graduate high school at the age of fifteen, while she was simultaneously finishing her first year of college at the University of Denver. Rice graduated from the University of Denver in 1974 and a year later she received her master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame. In 1981, she received her Ph.D. form the University of Denver’s Graduate School of International Studies, and joined Stanford University as a political science professor.  

                                                                                              

            Condoleezza Rice has made history more than once during her lifetime. Rice became the first woman and the first African-American to serve as provost of Stanford University in 1993. In 2001, Rice became the first black woman to hold the position of national security advisor.  In 2004, she became the first black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State. In 2012 Rice (and Darla Moore) became the first women to become members of the Augusta National Golf Club.

            Rice has had quite the political career, in the mid- 1980’s she worked as an international affairs fellow attached to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She became the director of Soviet and East European affairs with the National Security Council, and special assistant to President George H.W. Bush in 1989. She served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training in the Military in 1997. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Rice as the national security advisor. In 2004, she became the U.S. Secretary of State.

            Rice fits all of the basic requirements to run for president, she is over the age of thirty-five and is a U.S. Citizen. It is her political background and the amazing accomplishments that she has achieved that make her qualified for the position though. Rice is the epitome of the American dream. She has made history repeatedly, and I believe she could make history again by becoming the first woman president.

Below are the articles I used for the information on Condoleezza Rice.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ow-Sh/Rice-Condoleezza.html

http://www.biography.com/people/condoleezza-rice-9456857#in-recent-years