at the bottom of the barrel sits rachael maddeow
A graduate of Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California, Maddow earned a degree in
public policy from Stanford University in 1994.[15] At graduation she was awarded the John
Gardner Fellowship. She was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her
postgraduate study in 1995 at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 2001, she earned a Doctor of
Philosophy (DPhil) in politics from Oxford University.[16] Her thesis is titled HIV/AIDS and Health
Care Reform in British and American Prisons (supervisor: Dr Lucia Zedner). She was the first
openly gay American to win a Rhodes scholarship.[17][18]
Honors and awards
* Maddow was named in Out magazine's "Out 100" list of the "gay men and women who moved
culture" in 2008.[45]
* Maddow was voted "Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year (American)" in AfterEllen's 2008 Visibility
Awards.[46]
* Maddow won a Gracie Award in 2009, presented by the American Women in Radio and
Television.[47]
* In 2009, Maddow was nominated for GLAAD's 20th Annual Media Awards for a segment of
her MSNBC show, "Rick Warren, Change To Believe In?", in the Outstanding TV Journalism
Segment category.[48]
* On March 28, 2009, Maddow received a Proclamation of Honor from the California State
Senate, presented in San Francisco by California State Senator Mark Leno.[49]
* In April 2009, she was listed at number four in Out magazine's Annual Power 50 List.[50]
* Maddow placed sixth in the "2009 AfterEllen.com Hot 100" list (May 11, 2009)[51] and third in
its "2009 Hot 100: Out Women" version.[52]
* Maddow was included on a list of openly gay media professionals in The Advocate's "Forty
under 40" issue of June/July 2009.[53]
* In 1994, Maddow was an Honorable Mention in the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Prize
in Ethics.[54]
* In June 2009, Maddow's MSNBC show was the only cable news show nominated for a
Television Critics Association award in the Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
category.[55]
* In March 2010, Maddow won at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards in the category,
Outstanding TV Journalism- Newsmagazine for her segment, "Uganda Be Kidding Me".[56]
* Maddow was the 2010 commencement speaker and was given an honorary Doctor of Laws
(LLD) degree at Smith College in Northampton, MA in May 2010.[57]
* In July 2010, Maddow was presented with a Maggie Award for her ongoing reporting of
healthcare reform, the murder of Dr. George Tiller, and the anti-abortion movement.[58]
* In August 2010, Maddow won the Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom Award, which was
presented by The Interfaith Alliance.[59] Past honorees included Larry King, Tom Brokaw, and the
late Peter Jennings.[5
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