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  Elizabeth Dole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) was elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009.
Born Elizabeth Hanford in Salisbury, North Carolina, she attended Duke University, graduating in 1958, obtaining a master's degree from Harvard University in 1960 and a JD from Harvard Law School in 1965.
Dole served as United States Secretary of Labor from 1989 to 1990 under George H. Bush; she is the first woman to serve in two different Cabinet positions in the administrations of two Presidents.
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 AllPolitics - Elizabeth Dole Biography
Elizabeth was voted Most Likely to Succeed when she graduated from high school and followed in her brother's footsteps by enrolling at Duke University in the fall of 1954.
Elizabeth Dole, a lifelong Methodist, has always been a religious person but in 1982, after fearing her career was the center of her life, she had a spiritual awakening of sorts.
Early in the 1996 presidential campaign, there was talk of Elizabeth Dole lobbying Senator Dole on issues important to the Red Cross (funding for disaster aid, for instance) and on October 30, 1995 she took a leave of absence from the Red Cross to work on her husband's campaign.
www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/players/hanfords/index.shtml   (1080 words)

  
 Hanford - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Hanford (city, California), city in central California and seat of Kings County, 49 km (30 mi) south of the city of Fresno.
Hanford Site, facility in southeastern Washington state developed during World War II (1939-1945) for the manufacture of nuclear weapons material.
Dole, Elizabeth Hanford, born in 1936, American public official and former director of the American Red Cross (1991-1999) who was elected a U.S....
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 Dole carries banner for husband's policies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Elizabeth Hanford Dole, wife of Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole, swept through eastern Texas on Saturday, trumpeting her husband's fiscal and social policies.
Dole emphasized her husband's proposal for a 15 percent income tax cut, a $500-per-child tax credit, a 50 percent cut in the capital gains tax, reduction of the estate tax and regulatory reform.
Dole, a two-time Cabinet member, said that if her husband were elected she would continue as the president of the American Red Cross.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/96/08/25/lizdole.html   (379 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Elizabeth Dole Set to Leave Red Cross
Elizabeth Dole waits to be introduced at a presidential- campaign rally in Tampa, Fla., for her husband, Bob Dole, left.
Elizabeth Hanford Dole, who headed two Cabinet departments in past Republican administrations, plans to announce her departure as president of the American Red Cross today in a move likely to stoke speculation about a possible bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2000.
Dole has called a meeting of her staff at the Red Cross to discuss her departure plans, GOP sources said last night, and Red Cross officials said Dole would make a "major announcement" this afternoon.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/dole010498.htm   (518 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Dole,
Dole, Sanford Ballard DOLE, SANFORD BALLARD [Dole, Sanford Ballard] 1844-1926, Hawaiian statesman, b.
In medieval times doles were usually from bequests of money or land, and the income was given to charity or distributed to the local poor at funerals.
Dole's war record: the first casualty of politics is truth.(presidential candidate Bob Dole)(includes related article on Dole's reluctant entry into the military)(Cover Story)
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 BookRags: Elizabeth Hanford Dole Biography
Dole was often described as friendly, gracious, and "brainy," attributes which led to her election as college May Queen and student body president as well as to Phi Beta Kappa and the national honor society.
Elizabeth Hanford married Robert Dole, the senior senator from Kansas, in 1975 and they quickly became known as Washington's premier "Power Couple" because of their prominent roles in national politics.
Dole announced her unofficial bid for the 2000 presidential election in March 1999 but withdrew from the race in October 1999 citing a lack of funds to run a successful campaign as her reasoning.
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 Astrology Software for Research - Elizabeth Dole - astrology chart
Elizabeth Dole is the only woman who has served as a Cabinet Secretary for two federal departments (Transportation 1983-87, and Labor 1989-90) under two presidents (Reagan and Bush) and she worked in the White House as a consumer affairs adviser by the age of 33 -- a record Bob Dole jokes he can't match.
Elizabeth Hanford first met Bob Dole, recently divorced, in March 1972 when she lobbied him to add a consumer plank to the 1972 Republican platform.
When Bob Dole made a big for the Presidential nomination in 1987, Elizabeth Dole was barraged with advice to leave own her position to campaign for him.
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 AllRefer.com - Bob Dole (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He was chairman of the Republican National Committee (1971–73), and in 1976 Dole was President Gerald Ford's running mate.
Dole served as majority leader of the Senate (1985–87, 1995–96) and as minority leader (1987–95), gaining a reputation as a pragmatic conservative with an acerbic wit.
In June, 1996, Dole resigned from the Senate in order to devote more time to the presidential race, and in August he chose Jack Kemp as his running mate.
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 Penn State News
"Dole's storytelling is typically autobiographical, as evidenced by her remarks at her 1989 secretary of labor confirmation hearing," Wertheimer notes.
Dole's storytelling techniques allows her ample opportunity for self-disclosure, in which she admits her inner battles, especially in the area of religious faith, the researchers says.
Gutgold notes that Dole's most striking use of nonverbal immediacy occurred in her 1996 GOP convention speech, during which she descended twelve steps from a large podium in order to mingle with the audience and introduce nonspeaking guests.
www.psu.edu /ur/2000/doleskills.html   (727 words)

  
 Elizabeth Dole
Dole's awards are numerous, ranging from honors for civic service and leadership in government to accolades for her charitable commitments and dedication to issues surrounding women in the workplace.
Dole was honored by the League of Women Voters as the recipient of the Leadership Award in 1994, and in 1995 she received the Raoul Wallenberg Award for Humanitarian Service.
In 1997, Dole was honored by Glamour magazine as a Woman of the Year and by Redbook as a recipient of the "Solutions for Tomorrow" award for her work as president of the Red Cross.
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 Dole, Elizabeth Hanford - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
DOLE, ELIZABETH HANFORD [Dole, Elizabeth Hanford] 1936-, American public official, b.
Managing rhetorical roles: Elizabeth Hanford Dole from spouse to candidate 1996-1999.
Elizabeth Dole leaves nothing to chance in bid for first lady.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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 Penn State News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The authors note that Dole's political philosophy was presented succinctly in a speech given at her alma mater of Duke University in May 2000.
The hallmarks of Elizabeth Dole's political history have been her capacity for hard work, her ability to grasp every intricacy of whatever job she undertakes and her heart-felt concern for all underrepresented people, not just women, Gutgold says.
Elizabeth Dole has been her own best example in telling her audiences that America needs leaders, not labels, the researchers say.
www.psu.edu /ur/2005/elizabethdole.html   (504 words)

  
 Midwest Today: Elizabeth Dole for President?
But that hasn't stopped 62-year-old Elizabeth Hanford Dole -- with her husband, Bob's encouragement -- from flirting with the idea of making a Presidential bid.
Despite the fact that voters have already thrice repudiated many of the stands on the issues that were embraced by the Doles when Bob ran on a national ticket -- including against Clinton in 1996 -- another bid for the White House seems to be their destiny.
Dole has also long shown a commitment to "diversity," including the use of preferential treatment based on race and sex.
www.midtod.com /elizabethdole.phtml   (517 words)

  
 National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
Throughout her life, Elizabeth Hanford Dole has been a trailblazer and precedent-setting leader of great accomplishment, basing her life's work in public service.
Of this work Dole said, "My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to serve as a catalyst for change." Dole also advocated increased support to disadvantaged and unskilled young people to help find employment for at-risk youth.
Elizabeth Dole has received numerous awards in recognition of her outstanding service, from honorary doctoral degrees to Churchwoman of the Year honors and the Raoul Wallenberg Award for Humanitarian Service.
www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=49   (429 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Coming Soon: Madame President?
Dole has never publicly admitted any regret over not having children, an admission which would undermine women who postponed raising a family to further their careers.
Dole was among the few women admitted to Harvard Law School in the first year woman were allowed to attend, and the reception she had from some members of her law school was a prediction of the attitudes she would face in politics.
Although I support Elizabeth Dole, I would feel more comfortable if she were explicitly pro-choice or if she hadn't spun herself as a cookie-backing homebody when we Knew her as Presidential candidate Bob Dole's wife.
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 Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Bob Dole, Speaker On: Global Affairs, Government / Politics, Conservative Politics, ...
Bob Dole is one of only 18 Americans to serve as Senate majority Leader, and his first stint in that position in the mid-1980's won praise nationwide.
Bob Dole was raised on the plains of western Kansas.
Senator Dole’s effectiveness as a consensus-builder and his commitment to deficit reduction and economic growth have earned him the admiration of Republicans, Independents and Democrats alike.
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 American President
Elizabeth Hanford Dole was born July 29, 1936, in Salisbury, North Carolina.
In 1983, Dole became President Reagan's secretary of transportation, becoming the first woman to hold that position; she served in that post until 1986.
President Bush appointed her secretary of labor, and Dole remained in the cabinet for the duration of the Bush presidency (1989-1993).
www.americanpresident.org /history/georgehwbush/cabinet/labor/elizabethdole/email.html   (165 words)

  
 Bob Dole To Keynote The Rental Show
Former presidential candidate Bob Dole was named last week as the featured speaker of The Rental Show, scheduled for February 14-17 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Dole served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1960 to 1968 and was first elected to the Senate in 1968.
Following the attacks of September 11, Dole joined forces with his 1996 opponent, former President Bill Clinton, to serve as co-chair of the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund that assists the educational needs of the families affected by the tragedy.
rermag.com /Dole_Rental_Show_080904/index.html   (136 words)

  
 USATODAY.com
Elizabeth Dole doesn't hesitate to emphasize the groundbreaking nature of her career path as a woman.
Dole's reputation as a meticulous planner and organizer led to a carefully scripted Senate campaign in 2002, leading to her comfortable victory over Democrat Erskine Bowles.
Dole's 2003 voting record received an 80 percent rating from the American Conservative Union and 15 percent rating from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=1033&oi=S   (369 words)

  
 Elizabeth Dole - SourceWatch
Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina.
Dole also served as United States Secretary of Labor from 1989 to 1990 under George H. Bush.
Dole ran for the Republican Party nomination in the US presidential election of 2000, but pulled out of the race in October 1999 before any of the primaries, largely due to inadequate fundraising.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Elizabeth_Hanford_Dole   (674 words)

  
 dole - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Dole, Bob, born in 1923, American politician and United States senator (1969-1996).
He was born in Russell, Kansas, and educated at the University...
Dole, Sanford Ballard (1844-1926), American statesman and lawyer, born in Honolulu, and educated at Oahu College, Hawaii, and Williams College,...
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 Washingtonpost.com: Elizabeth Dole Hints at Presidential Bid
Elizabeth Dole after announcing that she would resign as president of the American Red Cross.
Tuesday, January 5, 1999; Page A1 Elizabeth Hanford Dole stepped down as president of the American Red Cross yesterday and strongly signaled her interest in a presidential candidacy in 2000 that political analysts said could reshape the contest for the Republican nomination.
Until now, Dole has been seen more as a prospective vice presidential candidate in 2000, and some analysts said they believed that still might be her ultimate goal.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/dole010599.htm   (1084 words)

  
 Is She or Isn't She? Elizabeth Dole and the 'F' Word
So it is with no small measure of irony that feminists contemplate the specter of the anti-abortion, right-wing-coddling Elizabeth Dole taking her place in history as the first woman to reach the top of the ticket in one of the two major parties.
Back then, Dole had yet to say a word against legalized abortion on the record, and she supported an idea called "comparable worth," whereby the compensation granted pink-collar workers such as secretaries would be brought into line with that accorded such blue-collar workers as truck drivers.
As Dole prepares to cross the threshold of American presidential politics, the eyes of the nation's women are upon her.
www.speakout.com /activism/opinions/3699-1.html   (1111 words)

  
 Elizabeth Dole is back in Salisbury
Dole is former president of the American Red Cross, a job she left to run for president in 1999.
Dole took her visit to the Republican women’s club as a chance to thank those in the room who participated in the national draft movement prior to her becoming an official presidential candidate.
Dole also delighted in the women and younger voters in general that she attracted to the political process and expressed satisfaction that in every poll comparison in 1999 she did better than the sitting vice president, Al Gore.
www.salisburypost.com /2000march/031700c.htm   (678 words)

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