TIPPER GORE: Biography TIPPER GORE Mrs. Tipper Gore is the wife of Vice Presidential nominee and Tennessee Senator Al Gore. She is a well-known author and advocate for children, and has also championed the issue of the homeless. Born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson on August 19, 1948, Mrs. Gore grew up in Arlington, Virginia; she was nicknamed Tipper by her mother. Mrs. Gore graduated from Boston University in 1970, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology; she also earned a Master's degree in Psychology from George Peabody College in 1975. Mrs. Gore serves as chair of Tennessee Voices for Children, a coalition to promote the development of services for children and youth with serious behavioral, emotional, substance abuse or other mental health problems. As a long-time champion of children's causes, she has also been involved in Every Child by Two and Free the Children. Mrs. Gore currently is co-chair of the Child Mental Health Interest Group, a non-partisan group of spouses of current and former members of Congress and the Administration established by the National Mental Health Association (NMHA). The group's objective is to increase support for children with mental and emotional disorders and their families. Earlier this year, NMHA presented Mrs. Gore with its first Remember the Children Award for her years of work on behalf of America's children. In 1970 she married Al Gore from Carthage, Tennessee. She worked in the photography department of the Nashville Tennessean until 1976, when Senator Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. While in Washington, Mrs. Gore helped form the Congressional Wives Task Force, serving as chairperson in 1978 and 1979. One of the Task Force's key activities during that time centered on drawing attention to the levels of violence children were exposed to on television. In conjunction with the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Mrs. Gore helped found the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), which was established in 1985 as a non-profit clearinghouse of information on popular music. The PMRC's major goal, which has been met, has been to encourage the music industry to voluntarily notify consumers through a parental advisory that a recording contains explicit violent or sexual content. The PMRC still serves as a reference center for parents and consumers. Mrs. Gore's book, Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society, was published in 1987, and recently has been reissued. The book is a practical guide for parents and consumers concerned with increasingly explicit material in today's entertainment for children. Mrs. Gore has been Chairperson of the Board of Families for the Homeless, a non-partisan partnership of Congressional, Administration and media families that aims to raise public awareness about homeless people and their needs. As a co-founder of the group, Mrs. Gore worked with the National Mental Health Association to produce a major photographic exhibit entitled Homeless in America: A Photographic Project, depicting the plight of the nation's homeless. The exhibit opened at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and was on tour across the country for two years. The Gores have four children: Karenna (born August 6, 1973), Kristin (June 5, 1977), Sarah (January 7, 1979) and Albert III (October 19, 1982).