A beautiful brooch is a great conversation piece. Perhaps that is why Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State of the United States, collected hundreds of them throughout her life.

Madeleine Albright's "Read My Pins" exhibit of the brooches she's worn to augment her diplomatic efforts is on display at the Smithsonian in... One of our favorite guests in recent years has been ...

What's in a pin? For many of us, brandishing our moods in brooches would be no more revealing than a mundane status update or tweet. But, for the woman Saddam Hussein called "a serpent," pin changes ...

"Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection" features more than 200 pins, many of which former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright wore to communicate messages during her diplomatic tenure ...

In her new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about how jewelry became her signature diplomatic tool. From turtles to doves to ...

The idea of using jewelry as a tool of diplomacy may seem odd at first. What message could lie hidden in an innocent brooch? Nevertheless, that's the thrust of "Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright ...

The former U.S. Secretary of State under Bill Clinton (and the country’s first female Sec of State) signs her new book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box.

The pins are displayed in glass cases at the Museum of Arts and Design http://madmuseum.org/ in New York so that the jeweled butterflies seem to be in mid-flight and ...

Madeleine Albright is telling a story about her pins that told a story. That’s the premise of her upcoming book, “Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box,” which traces the meaning and ...

"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection' organized by the Museum of Arts and Design, New York. After being shown at the Museum, the ...