Pauline Gore, Al’s mom, 92
Posted: Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 5:47 pm(CBS/AP) Pauline Gore, whose son Al became vice president and nearly captured the presidency and whose husband served a lengthy and distinguished career in Congress, died Wednesday.
She died in her sleep last night at the family home at the age of 92.
Pauline Gore was one of the first Southern women to practice law.
She worked her way through Vanderbilt University Law School as a waitress, meeting her future husband at the coffee shop where she worked. In 1936, Mrs. Gore was one of the law school’s first female graduates.
Pauline Gore practiced law briefly in Arkansas before returning to Tennessee and marrying her husband in 1937. …
She was a familiar figure on the campaign trails of her late husband, Albert Gore Sr., and her son, former Vice President Al Gore Jr.
In Tennessee, she was nearly as widely known as her liberal husband and played a central role in much of his campaign strategy. Gore Sr. served in the House from 1939-1953 and in the Senate from 1953-70. … Read full obituary
