

Gore graduated when she was just 21 and Gore was 22. At the end of her junior year Gore officially proposed and she accepted. Gore enrolled in Boston University to study psychology. One year after Al Gore went to study government at Harvard University, Mrs. Gore met Al Gore at his high school senior prom at St. He is funny, he is good looking, he is handsome, and he is sexy." Gore proclaimed: "I have here, as you all probably know, the best-kept secret in America. While in Washington she has anonymously worked on the streets of the capital to help people with mental illnesses.Īnd on the stump, she has worked to change her husband's wooden image. It's an issue that has long been a personal crusade for the vice president's wife. Gore hosted the White House conference on mental health earlier this month. She was reported to be instrumental in the surprise choice of Tony Coelho to lead her husband's shaky campaign.Īfter admitting this spring that she has suffered from depression herself, Mrs. Gore has been taking a higher-profile role in her husband's campaign, working both inside and outside of the Gore operation to help the image of a campaign that has already run out of steam. She was nicknamed Tipper by her mother from one of her favorite childhood lullabies, "Tippy Tippy Tin." WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, June 16) - Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, is the highly influential 'other half' of one of Washington's best-known political couples.īorn Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson on Augin Washington, D.C., Mrs.
