Condoleezza Rice (1954- ) Government Official. Rice is the first black woman to serve as the United States' national security adviser, as well as the first black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State (2005-09). Her book, Democracy, Twelve, 2017, first edition, signed on a bookplate from the Ronal Reagan Library, which has been affixed to the first title page. The dust jacket, except for a blue circular sticker at the upper right, in unblemished.