Madeline Albright: Read My Pins - Stories From A Diplomat's Jewel Box October 7, 2009

Meet Madeleine Albright as she reads from and signs her new book. Albright was the first female Secretary of State of the United States and, at that time, the highest-ranking woman in U.S. history. Like most women, she had occasionally worn pins before entering public service, but it was when she took office as America's Ambassador to the United Nations, and then as Secretary of State, that she came to understand how powerful a symbol a simple piece of jewelry could be.