Claim: Tipper Gore is an American author.
Evidence: Mary Elizabeth `` Tipper '' Gore -LRB- née Aitcheson ; born August 19 , 1948 -RRB- is an author , photographer , and social issues advocate who was Second Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 , and the wife of Al Gore , the 45th Vice President of the United States , from whom she is currently separated.