America's first female Secretary of State opens up about bad leadership, beating misogyny and coping with lockdown - by knitting socks It’s early morning in Washington, DC and Madeleine Albright is considering her options in a barren new world. ‘I have a choice of reading, knitting or cleaning drawers,’ deadpans the 82-year-old from the rambling Georgetown home she’s lived in for 52 years. ‘I’ve put off cleaning the drawers so far, and am doing a lot of reading and still teaching virtually via Zoom, so I’m getting by.
But if this lasts for months I don’t think even I will have enough dirty drawers to keep me busy.’ Our interview was set up in another time: a time when people whimsically travelled between continents, went to theatres,