Madeleine Albright, will be coming back to Denver on Tuesday, December 22.  The first woman to become United States Secretary of State spent her teen years in Denver and graduated from Kent Denver School in Cherry Hills Village, in 1955.  She founded the school’s international relations club and was its first president.  Years later, she was an intern at the Denver Post.

Madeleine Albright once criticized Saddam Hussein, only to be called “an unparalleled serpent” by one of his men. Soon after, she had a meeting with Iraqi officials and decided to wear a snake pin. It was a diplomatic declaration. And it became her signature. This is just one of many stories in Albright’s new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box, an exploration of her life through the brooches she wore. I am excited to take my daughter Laina to see the former U.S. Secretary of State on Tuesday at the Tattered Cover Book Store in LoDo.    Hopefully, Albright will sign the copy of her book, “Read My Pins,” a Christmas gift I purchased for my lovely daughter.