"The Whisper of AIDS"
Speech
By: Mary Fisher
Date: August 19, 1992
Source: Fisher, Mary. "The Whisper of AIDS." Speech delivered at the Republican National Convention, 19 August 1992. Reprinted in Great American Speeches. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/m_fisher_s1.html; website homepage: http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/ (accessesd October 15, 2002).
About the Author: Mary Fisher (1948–) is the daughter of the multi-millionaire philanthropist and financier, Max Fisher. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, she grew up in an affluent suburb of Detroit, Michigan. After dropping out of the University of Michigan, Fisher became a television producer. In the mid-1970s, she worked as a staff assistant to President Gerald Ford (served 1974–1977). Afterwards, she...
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