Since then, the show has garnered three Emmys and earned Maddow six Emmy nominations (perMSNBC).
In 2004, she began hosting a show on the Air America web link (perThe Daily Mail).
Highly educated, Maddow has always been serious about learning.
Later, she attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and received her doctorate in political science.
Her partner, Susan Mikula, was battling the virus.
