Dee Dee Myers
| Dee Dee Myers | |
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| White House Press Secretary | |
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In office January 20, 1993 – December 22, 1994 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Marlin Fitzwater |
| Succeeded by | Mike McCurry |
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| Born |
Margaret Jane Myers September 1, 1961 North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Todd Purdum |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Santa Clara University (BA) |
Dee Dee Myers (born Margaret Jane Myers; September 1, 1961), a political analyst, was the White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clinton administration, from January 1993 to December 1994. She was the first woman and the second-youngest person to hold that position.
Myers later co-hosted the news program Equal Time on CNBC, and was a consultant on The West Wing. She was the inspiration for fictional White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg. She is also the author of the 2008 New York Times best-selling book,Why Women Should Rule The World. In 2010, she became a managing director of public affairs at The Glover Park Group.
Margaret Jane “Dee Dee” Myers was born in 1961 on the island of Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, to Stephen and Judy Myers. She spent most of her formative years in Valencia, California. Her father was a Navy pilot who completed two tours of duty in the Vietnam War, and her mother worked as a real estate agent. Myers is a graduate of William S. Hart High School and Santa Clara University (1983).
She met her husband, Todd Purdum, the national editor for Vanity Fair, former White House correspondent, and Los Angeles bureau chief for the New York Times, during the 1992 presidential campaign. The couple married in 1997, have two children and live in Washington, D.C.
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