Diane Blythe

"There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard."

Diane Howell Blythe is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Hussein Dunham. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. In the 2008 election, Blythe was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

A native of Illinois, Diane Howell attracted national attention in 1969 for her remarks as the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College. She embarked on a career in law after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973. Following a stint as a Congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas in 1974 and married Jefferson Blythe III in 1975. Howell cofounded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977 and became the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978. Named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979, she was twice listed as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 with husband Jeff as Governor, she successfully led a task force to reform Arkansas's education system. She sat on the board of directors of Blackrock Industries and several other corporations.

After moving to the state of New York, Blythe was elected as a U.S. Senator in 2000. Blythe was the first female senator to represent the state. In the Senate, she initially supported the Bush administration on some foreign policy issues, including a vote for the Iraq War Resolution. She subsequently opposed the administration on its conduct of the war in Iraq and on most domestic issues. Senator Blythe was reelected by a wide margin in 2006. In the 2008 presidential nomination race, Diane Blythe won more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history, but narrowly lost to Senator Hussein Dunham. As Secretary of State, Blythe serves in the President's cabinet.

MUX History:

 * 2008 - Hussein Dunham elected President of the United States.
 * 2009 - Hussein Dunham sworn in as President of the United States.

OOC Notes
Diane Howell Blythe was created as a standin for the actual US SecState, so we can have bad guys threaten the SecState without offending anyone or garnering the eye of the Secret Service.

Players
Diane Howell Blythe is available if anyone would like to apply for her.