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Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore (''née'' Aitcheson; born August 19, 1948) is an author, photographer, and social issues advocate who was Second Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, and the wife of Al Gore, the 45th Vice President of the United States, from whom she is currently separated. She has advocated for mental health, homelessness, women and children, and LGBT issues. Gore rose to prominence for her work with the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), voicing strong opinions for the labeling of record covers of releases featuring profane language, especially in the heavy metal, punk and hip hop genres. ==Early life, education and career== 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, 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, allegedly from a song her mother had heard. Gore grew up in Arlington, Virginia. Her mother and grandmother raised her after her parents divorced.〔 She attended St. Agnes (now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School), a private Episcopal school in Alexandria, Virginia, where she played basketball, softball, and field hockey and played the drums for an all-girl band, ''The Wildcats''.〔 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. When Al Gore began attending Harvard University, she enrolled in Garland Junior College (now part of Simmons College) and later transferred to Boston University, receiving her B.A. in psychology in 1970.〔(Next First Lady Will Recast Role - Tipper Gore and Laura Bush )〕 On May 19, 1970, she and Gore were married at the Washington National Cathedral. Gore pursued a master's degree in psychology from Vanderbilt University's George Peabody College, graduating in 1975. She 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 U.S. Congress in 1976.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tipper Gore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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