Lynne Cheney
Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Lynne Ann Cheney ( CHAY-nee; née Vincent; born August 14, 1941) is an American author, scholar, former talk show host, and the widow of Dick Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States. She served as the second lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 when her husband was vice president.
Cheney served as Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities under President Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush from 1986 until 1993.
Early life and education
Lynne Ann Vincent was born on August 14, 1941, in Casper, Wyoming. Her mother, Edna Lolita (née Lybyer, 1919–1973), became a deputy sheriff, and her father, Wayne Edwin Vincent (1915-1976), was an engineer. A descendant of Mormon pioneers, and with ancestral roots in Denmark, Sweden, England, Ireland, and Wales, she was raised Presbyterian and became Methodist upon her marriage to Dick Cheney.
Cheney received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature with highest honors from Colorado College. She continued her education with a Master of Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a PhD in 19th-century British literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her dissertation was entitled "Matthew Arnold's Possible Perfection: A Study of the Kantian Strain in Arnold's Poetry".
Career
Cheney served as the sixth chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) from 1986 to 1993.
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