Is this the concensus of the Republican Party? "Speaking as a Republican, I want my party to let more people in," said the former U.S. senator and presidential candidate. "We don't have to agree with everybody. We ought to have diversity, not conformity. That's what America is all about.”  Sen. Bob Dole

Photos of the Bank of America (41st tallest building in the world, and Blumenthal Theatre.

 

• Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford is born in Salisbury, N.C. July 29, 1936.
• Graduates from high school in Salisbury, NC. 1954
• Graduates from Duke University, Durham, NC. 1958
• Receives master´s degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 1960
• Receives law degree from Harvard University 1965.
• Employed in HEW, preparing conference on education for the deaf. 1966
• Practices Law in Washington D.C. as a public defender. 1967
• Works in the White House office on consumer affairs issues. 1968
• Named to the Federal Trade Commission. 1973
• Marries Senator Bob Dole. 1975
• Bob Dole nominated for VP. President Ford and Dole loose to Carter and Mondale. 1976
• Elizabeth Resigns from FTC to help Bob. Reagan wins the nomination and the election. 1980
• Reagan appoints Elizabeth to the White House office of Public Liaison. 1981
• Appointed to Secretary of Transportation. 1983
• Bush appoints Elizabeth Secretary of Labor. 1989
• Becomes President of the American Red Cross. 1991
• Takes leave of absence to campaign with Bob. 1995
• Elizabeth returns to the American Red Cross. 1996
• Elizabeth resigns from the Red Cross to explore running for the presidency. 1999
• She didn’t, but we all would have liked it!