Condoleeza Rice was born in 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama. She was an only child raised by her teacher mother and minister father in Denver, Colorado. Rice was an excellent student who earned three advanced degrees, becoming the first woman and African American provost of Stanford University. She later served as National Security Advisor and the first African American female Secretary of State under President George W. Bush.

2.  Born November 14, 1954, Birmingham
Alabama, U.S.
 An only child.
 Her parents were Angelina Rice, a school
teacher. Also John Wesley Rice Jr., a high
school guidance counselor and a Presbyterian
Minister.
 Raised in Denver, Colorado.
 Attended Private Catholic school.

3.  Condoleezza was a bright student and also
very athletic.
 Was the first woman and African American to
serve as a Provost of Stanford University.
 Earned her Bachelors degree in political Science
from the University of Denver in 1984.
 She got her masters from Notre Dame in 1975.
 She studied for her PhD from the University of
Denver’s graduate school of international
studies in 1981.

4.  Was appointed the National Security Advisor
by George W. Bush, she was the first African
American and second woman to have this
position.

5.  Rice really wanted to prove her self to
everybody.
 By challenging men and becoming the first
women Secretary of State, she not only sowed
that she could do her job, but women could
too.

6.  Indepthinfo.com/condoleeza-
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 Biography.com/people/condoleeza-rice-
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