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TIPPER GORE - Tipper Gore is the wife of Al Gore. She is a well-known child advocate and actively involved with issues related to mental health and homelessness.
Mrs. Gore contributed to the formation of the Congressional Wives Task Force, serving as Chair in 1978 and 1979. The task force sought to draw attention to the violence that children were exposed to through the media. Mrs. Gore later founded the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) to encourage the voluntary labeling of explicit music lyrics and wrote "Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society," a book about parenting and the media. Born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson on August 18, 1948, Mrs. gore grew up in Arlington, Virginia; she was nicknamed Tipper by her mother. In 1970, she married Al Gore from Carthage, Tennessee. They have four children: Kareena (August 6, 1973), Kristin (June 5, 1977), Sarah (January 7, 1979) and Albert III (October 19, 1982).