December 17
On December 17, 2000, Condoleezza Rice was named as the first female National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice broke through color and gender barriers through her career in public service. She was Stanford University’s first female and first African American provost. (1993). In 2000, she was named as the first female National Security Advisor. She was also the first female African American Secretary of State (2004).
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Black history month: Condoleezza Rice. LiveJournal. (n.d.). Retrieved December 1, 2022, from https://potus-geeks.livejournal.com/1412564.html
National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 1, 2022, from https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/rice-bio.html
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