Tipper Gore

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{{short description|Second Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Tipper Gore Headshot.jpg
| caption = Gore in 2009
| office = [[Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States|Second Lady of the United States]]
| vicepresident = [[Al Gore]]
| term_label = In role
| term_start = January 20, 1993
| term_end = January 20, 2001
| predecessor = [[Marilyn Quayle]]
| successor = [[Lynne Cheney]]
| birth_name = Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|19}}
| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Al Gore]]|1970|2010|end=separated}}<ref name="AlGoreSeparate">{{cite news |title=After 40 years of marriage, Tipper and Al Gore part ways |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0601/After-40-years-of-marriage-Tipper-and-Al-Gore-part-ways |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=December 30, 2013 |first=Erik |last=Schelzig}}</ref>
| children = 4, including [[Karenna Gore|Karenna]] and [[Kristin Gore|Kristin]]
| education = [[Garland Junior College]]<br>[[Boston University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Vanderbilt University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
}}
'''Mary Elizabeth''' "'''Tipper'''" '''Gore''' ([[married and maiden names|née]] '''Aitcheson'''; born August 19, 1948) is an American social issues advocate. She was the [[Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States|second lady of the United States]] from 1993 to 2001 through her marriage to the 45th [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], [[Al Gore]] in 1970, from whom she separated in 2010.

In 1985, Gore co-founded the [[Parents Music Resource Center]] (PMRC), which advocated for labeling of record covers of releases featuring profane language or unacceptable themes, especially in the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[punk rock|punk]], and [[hip hop music|hip hop]] genres of music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://qz.com/210900/the-obscenity-trial-that-made-h-r-giger-an-icon-for-punk-rock-and-free-speech/ |title=The obscenity trial that made H. R. Giger an icon for punk rock and free speech |publisher=Qz.com – Quartz|date=May 20, 2014 |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> Throughout her decades of public life, she has advocated for placing advisory labels on music (leading critics to call her a censor),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1268/tipper-gore|title=Tipper Gore|last=Purdy|first=Elizabeth R.|website=www.mtsu.edu|language=en|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> and for mental health awareness, women's causes, children's causes, [[LGBT rights]], and reducing homelessness.

==Early life and education==
Born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson in [[Washington, D.C.]], Tipper Gore is the daughter of John Kenneth "Jack" Aitcheson Jr., a plumbing-supply entrepreneur and owner of J & H Aitcheson Plumbing Supply,<ref name=WashingtonPost12>{{cite news |title=John K. Aitcheson (obituary) |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=162022543 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 30, 2012 |access-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref> and his first wife, Margaret Ann (''née'' Carlson) Odom (who lost her first husband during [[World War II]]). She was given the nickname "Tipper" by her mother, from a lullaby her mother had heard. Gore grew up in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. Her mother and grandmother raised her after her parents divorced.<ref name="bio"/>

[[File:Al Gore wedding.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Al and Tipper Gore's wedding day, May 19, 1970, at the [[Washington National Cathedral]]]]
She attended St. Agnes (now [[St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School]]), a private [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] school in [[Alexandria, Virginia]], where she played basketball, softball and field hockey, and played the drums for an all-female band called The Wildcats.<ref name="bio"/>

She met Al Gore at his senior prom in 1965. Although she came to the prom with one of his classmates, Gore and Tipper began to date immediately afterwards.<ref name=twoworlds>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/gore101099a.htm |title= Al Gore, Growing Up in Two Worlds |access-date=June 22, 2008 |last1=Maraniss |first1=David |last2=Nakashima |first2=Ellen |date=October 10, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] }}</ref> When Al Gore began attending [[Harvard University]], she enrolled in [[Garland Junior College]] (now part of [[Simmons College (Massachusetts)|Simmons College]]) and later transferred to [[Boston University]], receiving her B.A. in psychology in 1970.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_31_15/ai_55553468 Next First Lady Will Recast Role - Tipper Gore and Laura Bush]{{dead link|date=March 2024|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/galleries/lifeofgore/photo7.htm |title=Photo Gallery: Garland Junior College dance |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> On May 19, 1970, she and Gore were married at the [[Washington National Cathedral]].<ref name=pbschron>{{cite news |title=Gore Chronology|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2000/gore/cron.html |access-date=June 16, 2008 |publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]}}</ref><ref name=wedding>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/galleries/lifeofgore/photo9.htm |title= Wedding photograph|access-date= June 22, 2008|last=Howd|first=Aimee|date=December 31, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] }}</ref>

Gore pursued a [[master's degree]] in [[psychology]] from [[Vanderbilt University]]'s [[George Peabody College]], graduating in 1975.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 2006 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=123086&page=1 |publisher=ABC News |title=Tipper Gore In and Out of Public Eye |access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=CNN99>{{cite news |title=Who is Tipper Gore? |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/06/16/president.2000/mrsgore.biography/ |work=[[CNN]] |date=June 16, 1999 |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
Gore worked part-time as a newspaper photographer for [[Nashville]]'s ''[[The Tennessean]]'' and continued as a freelance photographer in Washington after her husband was elected to the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] in 1976.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=CNN99/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kohrs Campbell |first1=Karlyn |title=Shadowboxing with Stereotypes: the Press, the Public, and the Candidates Wives |page=5 |publisher=[[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] |url=http://shorensteincenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/r09_campbell-LR.pdf |access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref>

==Politics and activism==

Gore took an active role in her husband's political pursuits starting with his first campaign for the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Tennessee in 1976.<ref name=Davey00>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore Vows She Would Chart Own Course As First Lady |last1= Davey |first1=Monica |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/08/17/tipper-gore-vows-she-would-chart-own-course-as-first-lady/ |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 17, 2000 |access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref> Soon after her husband's election, Gore established a group to examine and write about social issues called the Congressional Wives Task Force.<ref name=Romano88>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore, Playing Down the Rock War |last1= Romano |first1=Lois |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/03/29/tipper-gore-playing-down-the-rock-war/294dfc02-27ca-44d8-b979-ce92bfb6105f/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 29, 1988 |access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Povich92>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore Gives Ticket Family-value Points |last1= Povich |first1=Elaine S.|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/07/10/tipper-gore-gives-ticket-family-value-points/ |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 10, 1992 |access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref>

In 1984, Gore began volunteering in homeless shelters.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=OConnor99/> Homelessness became a major cause for Gore, and she formed a group called Families for the Homeless to raise funds and awareness for the issue.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=Peterson00>{{cite news |title=Gore's Tipper: All-American Cheerleader |last1= Peterson|first1=Helen |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/gore-tipper-all-american-cheerleader-article-1.882496 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=August 13, 2000 |access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref>

===Parents Music Resource Center ===
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[[File:Tipper Gore.jpg|thumb|right|Gore with the [[Parents Music Resource Center|PMRC]] in 1985]]
In 1985, Tipper Gore co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) with Sally Nevius, Pam Howar, and Susan Baker, wife of then–[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|United States secretary of the treasury]] [[James Baker]], because Gore heard her then 11-year-old daughter [[Karenna Gore Schiff|Karenna]] playing "[[Darling Nikki]]" by [[Prince (artist)|Prince]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tipper vs. Music|url=http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/02/tipper-vs-music/|work=Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Music.|publisher=The Bathroom Reader Institute|access-date=June 2, 2012|author=Miss Cellania|date=January 2, 2012}}</ref> The group's goal was to increase parental and consumer awareness of music that contained explicit content through voluntary labeling albums with [[Parental Advisory]] stickers.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=Hinckley87>{{cite news |title=Pediatricians Group Agrees To Join In Warnings Against Rock Lyrics |last1= Hinckley |first1=David |url=http://articles.philly.com/1987-07-19/entertainment/26200637_1_jennifer-norwood-pmrc-explicit-songs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620100213/http://articles.philly.com/1987-07-19/entertainment/26200637_1_jennifer-norwood-pmrc-explicit-songs |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2011 |work=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |date=July 19, 1987 |access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref> Their coalition included the [[Parent-Teacher Association#PTAs in the United States|National PTA]] and the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]].<ref name=Hinckley87/> The PMRC had no members, merely founders, and all of the founders were wives of prominent politicians.<ref>Deflem, Mathieu. 2020. [https://deflem.blogspot.com/2020/03/music-censorship-labeling.html “Popular Culture and Social Control: The Moral Panic on Music Labeling.”] ''American Journal of Criminal Justice'' 45(1):2-24 (First online: July 24, 2019).</ref>

According to an article by [[NPR]], Gore went "before Congress to urge warning labels for records marketed to children."<ref name="FamilyValues">{{cite news |url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4279560|title = Tipper Gore and Family Values|access-date = September 12, 2007|last = Siegel|first = Robert|author-link = Robert Siegel|date = January 11, 2005|publisher = [[National Public Radio]]}}</ref> Gore explained that her purpose wasn't to put a "gag" on music, but to keep it safe for younger listeners by providing parents with information about the content of the songs.<ref name="FamilyValues"/> A number of individuals including [[Glenn Danzig]] of [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]]/[[Misfits (band)|Misfits]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mother by Danzig |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/danzig/mother |access-date=April 11, 2024 |website=Songfacts}}</ref> [[Dee Snider]] of [[Twisted Sister]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Dee Snider's Statement on Censorship to the U.S. Senate|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1456097/07152002/twisted_sister.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208233644/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1456097/07152002/twisted_sister.jhtml|archive-date=February 8, 2007|work=VH1|publisher=Viacom International Inc.|access-date=June 2, 2012|date=July 15, 2002}}</ref> [[Jello Biafra]] of the [[Dead Kennedys]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Jello Biafra's Statement for Synthesis/Regeneration magazine|url=http://www.alternativetentacles.com/page.php?page=green|work=Alternative Tentacles|access-date=June 2, 2012|author=Jello Biafra|author-link=Jello Biafra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305180334/http://www.alternativetentacles.com/page.php?page=green|archive-date=March 5, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[John Denver]], [[Joey Ramone]], and [[Frank Zappa]]<ref name="FamilyValues" /> criticized the group, arguing that it was a form of censorship. Gore's relationship with Snider was particularly antagonistic, with Snider accusing her of having a "dirty mind" for suggesting that his band's song "[[Under the Blade (song)|Under the Blade]]" contained [[Sadomasochism|sadomasochistic]] references, when the song in fact referred to [[Surgery|medical surgery]] instead.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-29|title=When Dee Snider fought against censorship in the '80s|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/twisted-sister-dee-snider-censorship-battle/|access-date=2021-12-18|language=en-US}}</ref> In response to such criticism, NPR further stated that according to Gore, she "wasn't out to censor the objectionable material" and quoted her as stating that she is "a strong believer in the First Amendment" who is calling for greater "consumer information in the marketplace."<ref name="FamilyValues"/>

The PMRC's efforts resulted in an agreement where recording labels voluntarily placed warning labels on music with violent or sexually explicit lyrics.<ref name="bio">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/chicago/players/gore/tipper.shtml |publisher=CNN |title=Tipper Gore Bio |access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Seelye00>{{cite news |title=The 2000 Campaign: The Vice President's Wife |last1= Seelye |first1=Katharine Q. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/19/us/2000-campaign-vice-president-s-wife-tipper-gore-seeks-privacy-under-public.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 19, 2000 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

===1990s to present===
[[Image:Hillary Clinton Bill Al Gore Four principals.jpg|thumb|275px|From left to right: [[Bill Clinton]], Tipper Gore, [[Al Gore]], [[Hillary Clinton]]]]
In 1990, Gore founded the Tennessee Voices for Children to advance youth services for mental health and substance abuse.<ref name=Shrieve99>{{cite news |title=Ventura County Seeks Help; Tipper Gore May Be Enlisted In Health Services Row |last1=Shrieve |first1=Krystn |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/VENTURA+COUNTY+SEEKS+HELP%3B+TIPPER+GORE+MAY+BE+ENLISTED+IN+HEALTH...-a083621221 |work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |date=September 2, 1999 |access-date=June 17, 2015 |archive-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211160836/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/VENTURA+COUNTY+SEEKS+HELP%3B+TIPPER+GORE+MAY+BE+ENLISTED+IN+HEALTH...-a083621221 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gore also co-chaired the National Mental Health Association's Child Mental Health Interest Group.<ref name=Cimons93>{{cite news |title=Mental Health May Be Part of Reform, Tipper Gore Says |last1= Cimons |first1=Marlene|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-11-mn-1010-story.html |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 11, 1993 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

Gore campaigned during her husband's [[Al Gore presidential campaign, 1988|1988 presidential bid]]<ref name=Godown92>{{cite news |title=A few moments with Tipper Gore |last1= Godown |first1=Jan|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-11-29/news/9211250991_1_tipper-gore-campaign-trail-mental-health |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713014758/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-11-29/news/9211250991_1_tipper-gore-campaign-trail-mental-health |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=November 29, 1992 |access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> and toured with him and [[Bill Clinton|Bill]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] during the [[1992 United States presidential election|presidential campaign of 1992]].<ref name=Seelye00/><ref name=Ifill92>{{cite news |title=The Democrats; Clinton-Gore Caravan Refuels With Spirit From Adoring Crowds |last1= Ifill |first1=Gwen |author-link=Gwen Ifill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/19/us/1992-campaign-democrats-clinton-gore-caravan-refuels-with-spirit-adoring-crowds.html |work=[[The New York Times]]| date=July 19, 1992 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

As [[Second Lady of the United States|second lady]], Gore served as the mental health policy advisor to the president.<ref name="CNN99"/> Her goals were to diminish the stigma surrounding mental illness and to bring awareness to the need for affordable mental health care.<ref name=OConnor99/><ref name=Cimons93/> In 1999, Gore hosted the first White House Conference on Mental Health.<ref name=OConnor99>{{cite news |title=Longtime mental health advocate Tipper Gore takes centerstage |last= O'Connor |first=Eileen|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/06/07/tipper.gore/ |work=[[CNN]] |date=June 7, 1999 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> That same year, she launched the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign (NMHAC) to encourage Americans to seek treatment for mental illness.<ref name=Morales02>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore On Mental Health |last1= Morales|first1=Tatiana |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tipper-gore-on-mental-health/ |work=[[CBS]] |date=May 23, 2002 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> Gore has frequently spoken about her own experience with depression and treatment following the near-fatal injury of her son Albert.<ref name=Davey00/><ref name=Seelye00/><ref name=Morgan03>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore honors mental health achievements |last1= Morgan |first1=John|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2003-05-20-gore_x.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |date=May 20, 2003 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

Along with her work in mental health, Gore was a part of several other initiatives during her time as second lady. She served as special advisor to the Interagency Council on the Homeless and as the national spokesperson for the "[[Safe to Sleep|Back to Sleep]]" [[Sudden infant death syndrome|SIDS]] awareness campaign.<ref name=GainesvilleSun97>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore Joins SIDS fight |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19970321&id=FQBRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4750,5072482&hl=en |work=[[The Gainesville Sun]] |date=March 21, 1997 |access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> In 1994, Gore visited a refugee camp and an orphanage in [[Zaire]] on a personal trip to provide aid in the aftermath of the [[Rwandan genocide]]. She stayed in a [[UNICEF]] camp and assisted doctors and aid workers.<ref name=Rieff94>{{cite news |title=God and Man in Rwanda |last1= Rieff |first1=David|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1994/12/rwanda199412 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=December 1994 |access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Warrick94>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore's Mission of Mercy : Rwanda: On a visit to L.A., she recounts tales of life--and death--in refugee camps. |last1= Warrick |first1=Pamela |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-15-ls-27465-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 15, 1994 |access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=NBCNews94>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcuniversalarchives.com/nbcuni/clip/5112734719_s45.do |title=VP Wife Tipper Gore Discusses Her Recent Trip To Refugee Camps In Zaire |date=August 16, 1994 |work=[[NBC News]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |access-date=April 22, 2015 |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017191608/http://www.nbcuniversalarchives.com/nbcuni/clip/5112734719_s45.do |url-status=dead }}</ref> She made an official visit to Honduras in 1998 following [[Hurricane Mitch]] to volunteer, bring medical supplies, and survey the damage.<ref name=AP98>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore visits Honduras to assess relief needs from Hurricane Mitch |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/111298/LA0684.001.shtml |work=[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]] |date=November 12, 1998 |access-date=April 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713052356/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/111298/LA0684.001.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Testa98>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore Visits Honduras |last1=Testa| first1=Karen |url=https://apnews.com/d9c21c6a81a6a5d29bb77c7e8c3e9ad8 |work=Associated Press News |date=November 11, 1998 |access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref>

Gore took part in campaigning for the [[1996 United States presidential election|reelection of President Clinton and Vice President Gore in 1996]],<ref name=Spokesman96>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore Coming To Spokane Next Week |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/feb/06/tipper-gore-coming-to-spokane-next-week/ |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |date=February 6, 1996 |access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Shogren96>{{cite news |title=Gore Striving to Deliver Neck-and-Neck Tennessee |last1= Shogren|first1=Elizabeth |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-05-mn-61472-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 5, 1996 |access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> and she was actively involved in her husband's presidential campaign in 2000, making her own campaign stops and media appearances. She also acted as an advisor and was a part of decisions including the hiring of [[Tony Coelho]] as chairman of the campaign and moving its headquarters to Nashville.<ref name=CNN99/><ref name=Davey00/><ref name=Seelye00/>

In [[2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee|2002]], Gore was urged by her supporters to run for the vacant U.S. Senate seat her husband once held in [[Tennessee]], which was being vacated by [[Fred Thompson]]; however, she declined.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tipper Gore says no to Senate bid |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2002-03-17/politics/tipper.senate_1_tennessee-governor-senate-seat-senate-bid?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS |work=CNN |publisher=Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |access-date=June 2, 2012 |last1=Karl |first1=Jonathan |last2=Bash |first2=Dana |date=March 17, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001081127/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-03-17/politics/tipper.senate_1_tennessee-governor-senate-seat-senate-bid?_s=PM%3AALLPOLITICS |archive-date=October 1, 2012}}</ref>

As of 2012, she served as co-chair of the advisory board of the Diana Basehart Foundation which assists homeless and low-income people with animal care.<ref name=Sutton12>{{cite news |title=Diana Basehart Foundation Makes People and Their Animals Its Pet Project |last1= Sutton |first1=Justine |url=http://www.noozhawk.com/article/120612_new_nonprofit_diana_basehart_foundation |work=Noozhawk |date=December 6, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>
==Advocacy for the LGBT community and AIDS==

Gore has been a long-time advocate for the [[LGBT]] community.<ref name=Seelye00/><ref name=Out13/> She represented the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]] in the [[Washington, D.C.]] [[AIDS Walk]] in 1993 as one of the highest-ranking public officials ever to participate.<ref name=Out13>{{cite news |title=Ready to Run: 2013 Nashville AIDS Walk takes place October 5 |url=https://www.outandaboutnashville.com/story/ready-run-2013-nashville-aids-walk-takes#.VQLy7BDyOQ0 |work=Out and About Nashville |date=September 23, 2013 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> She has continued to participate in such walks and, in 2013 she was an honorary chair of the Nashville AIDS Walk & 5K Run.<ref name=Page13>{{cite news|title=Tipper Gore Draws Crowd |last1=Page |first1=Jamie |url=http://www.nashville.com/news/nashville-community/tipper-gore-draws-crowd- |work=[[The Tennessean]] |date=October 6, 2013 |access-date=March 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420211426/http://www.nashville.com/news/nashville-community/tipper-gore-draws-crowd- |archive-date=April 20, 2015}}</ref> She was a public opponent of [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|California's Proposition 8]] to ban same-sex marriage in 2008.<ref name=Advocate08>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore, L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center Dinner Focus on No on 8 |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2008/10/21/tipper-gore-joins-fight-against-prop-8 |work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |date=October 21, 2008 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> In 2014, she created an exhibition of her photographs at the Wall Space Gallery to support the Pacific Pride Foundation that provides services to the [[HIV/AIDS]] and LGBT communities of [[Santa Barbara, California]].<ref name=Ortiz14>{{cite news |title=Behind the Lens: The Photography of Tipper Gore at Wall Space Gallery |last1=Ortiz |first1=Jennifer |url=http://sbseasons.com/2014/10/tipper-gore/ |work=Seasons Magazine |date=October 1, 2014 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713050958/http://sbseasons.com/2014/10/tipper-gore/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Creative roles==
[[File:Tipper Gore and Mickey Hart.jpg|thumb|Tipper Gore drumming with [[Mickey Hart]] during a [[The Dead (band)|The Dead]] appearance in April 2009]]
In high school, Gore was the drummer for an all-female band called the Wildcats.<ref name=Davey00/><ref name=Seelye00/> She has played drums with members of the [[Grateful Dead]]; during the second night of the Spring 2009 [[The Dead (band)|Dead]] tour, Tipper Gore sat in playing drums during the closing song "[[Sugar Magnolia]]".<ref name=Seelye00/><ref>{{cite news|last=Ann |first=Mary |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/04/the_dead_in_dc_a_stirring_bipa.html?hpid=news-col-blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531075617/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/04/the_dead_in_dc_a_stirring_bipa.html?hpid=news-col-blog |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |title=The Sleuth - The Dead in D.C., a Stirring, Smoky Bipartisan Show |publisher=Voices.washingtonpost.com |access-date=January 25, 2015}}</ref> In 2000, she appeared on stage at the [[Equality Rocks]] concert at [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium]] to play to a crowd of 45,000 prior to the [[Millennium March on Washington]].<ref name=Seelye00/><ref name=Ocamb08>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore Comes Out Against Prop 8 |last1= Ocamb |first1=Karen |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-ocamb/tipper-gore-comes-out-aga_b_136005.html |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=November 20, 2008 |access-date=March 25, 2015}}</ref> Later that year, she played with [[Willie Nelson]] during his set at [[Farm Aid]].<ref name=Margolis00>{{cite news |title=Young Shines at Farm Aid 2000 |last1= Margolis |first1=Lynne |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=115617 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=September 18, 2000 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> She played with [[Herbie Hancock]] at the 25th [[Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz#Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition|Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition]] in 2012.<ref name=WashingtonPostMonk>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore hits the drums at Monk Institute gala |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/tipper-gore-hits-the-drums-at-monk-institute-gala/2012/09/24/31f485be-066a-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 24, 2012 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Tipper Gore with camera in snow.jpg|thumb|Gore with a camera in 2007]]
A photographer since the 1970s, Gore has published several books of photography,<ref name="bio"/> her photos have been included in exhibits,<ref name=LATimes00>{{cite news |title=Tipper Gore Says Convention Is No Threat to Homeless |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-15-me-53445-story.html |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 15, 2000 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> and her prints have been sold by Mitchell Gold Co. stores.<ref name=Schaub06>{{cite news |title=Accents For The Politically Hip |last1=Schaub |first1=Charlyne Varkonyi |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2006-05-05/lifestyle/0605031003_1_tipper-gold-and-williams-mitchell-gold |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713060245/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2006-05-05/lifestyle/0605031003_1_tipper-gold-and-williams-mitchell-gold |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==

Gore has four children: [[Karenna Gore|Karenna Aitcheson Gore]]<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE6D9173BF932A15750C0A961958260&scp=6&sq=karenna%20gore%20andrew%20schiff&st=cse |title=CHRONICLE |date=March 21, 1997 |access-date=January 6, 2009 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | first=Tony | last=Marcano}}</ref> (born August 6, 1973), [[Kristin Gore|Kristin Carlson Gore Kulash]]<ref name="assaultonreason">{{cite book |last1=Gore |first1=Al |title=The Assault on Reason |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=15oBuYPjex4C&q=kristin+carlson+gore&pg=PA275 |access-date=January 8, 2009 |date=May 22, 2007 |publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin Press]] |location=New York |isbn=978-1-59420-122-6 }}</ref> (born June 5, 1977), Sarah LaFon Gore Maiani<ref name="assaultonreason"/><ref name=Westfall14>{{cite news |title=Sarah Gore, Daughter of Al Gore, Weds in California |last1= Westfall |first1=Sandra Sobieraj |url=http://www.people.com/article/al-gore-daughter-bohemian-wedding-sarah-gore |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=April 22, 2014 |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> (born January 7, 1979), and Albert Arnold Gore III (born October 19, 1982);<ref name="CNN-990616">{{cite news |date=June 16, 1999
|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/06/16/president.2000/gore.biography/
|title=Biography: Gore's road from Tennessee to the White House |publisher=CNN
}}</ref> and several grandchildren.<ref name=McElwaine12>{{cite news |title=Bill Allen: Tipper Gore's Secretive New Beau |last1= McElwaine |first1=Sandra |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/06/bill-allen-tipper-gore-s-secretive-new-beau.html |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=July 6, 2012 |access-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref>

Tipper and Al Gore were baptized at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, in 1980. Tipper Gore served as a deaconess at Mount Vernon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/07/18/how-will-baptists-vote/|title=How will Baptists vote?|website=Tampa Bay Times |last=Turner |first=Darrell |date=July 18, 1992}}</ref>

In June 2010, the Gores announced their marital separation, "a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration."<ref name="washpost1">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060104013.html |title= 40 more years? Not for Al and Tipper Gore, who've announced their separation |date=June 2, 2010 |access-date=November 17, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | last1= Argetsinger| first1=Amy |last2= Roberts |first2= Roxanne}}</ref> In August 2012, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that both Gores were dating other people and have no plans to resume marriage, but that their "bond endures" and their relationship is friendly. "The couple reunites a few times a year, most recently in June, for summer family vacations and Christmases in the Gore family seat of [[Carthage, Tennessee]]," the newspaper reported. As of August 2012 she was dating Bill Allen, who is a former editor of ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]''.<ref name="NYT2">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/fashion/the-end-of-the-line.html |title=The End of the Line |date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=November 17, 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | first=Patrick | last=Healy}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
Tipper Gore is the author of a number of books, including:
* ''Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society'', 1987, {{ISBN|0-687-35282-7}}
* ''Picture This: A Visual Diary'', 1996, {{ISBN|0-553-06720-6}}
* ''Joined at the Heart: The Transformation of the American Family'', 2002, {{ISBN|0-8050-7450-3}}, (with [[Al Gore]])
* ''The Spirit of Family'', 2002, {{ISBN|5-550-15167-7}} (with Al Gore)
She has also contributed to the following books:
* ''The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America'', 2000, {{ISBN|0-886-7505-8X}}
* ''From the Bottom of Our Hearts'', 2002, {{ISBN|1-931718-32-6}} (Foreword)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://tippergore.com/ Tipper Gore Photography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070922014004/http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/VP_Wife/index.html Official White House homepage] (archived)
* [http://clinton1.nara.gov/White_House/EOP/VP_Wife/html/TIPPER_Home.html Early version of official White House homepage, 1994]
* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2000/video/tipper.html Biography]—''[[Frontline (PBS)|Frontline]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041031202956/http://israel.usembassy.gov/publish/press/visits/april98/tipperbio.html Biography]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4279560 "Tipper Gore and Family Values"]—[[NPR]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19970617140535/http://www1.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/floor_speeches/tipper_gore.html Tipper Gore speaks at the Democratic National Convention, 1996]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130827152455/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,997752,00.html The Women Who Made Al Gore]
* {{C-SPAN}}

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