Background
Blakey was born in Gadsden, Alabama in 1948, the daughter of an insurance lawyer and an English teacher. She had one sibling, Leslie. Blakey received her bachelor's degree with honors in international studies from Mary Washington College (1970) of the University of Virginia. She also attended Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (1973) for graduate work in Middle East Affairs, and the University of Florence in Florence, Italy (1969).
She is married to William Ryan Dooley, and they have one daughter, Mona, born in 1987.
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