Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

• Birth Date October 26, 1947
• Place of Birth Park Ridge, Illinois
• Category Politician
• By Annie R.

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Background

• First daughter of Dorothy and Hugh Rodham
• Graduated from Wellesly College and Yale Law
  School
• Professor of Law at University of Arkansas
• Partner of corporate law firm
• Met Bill (William) Clinton at Yale and they got
  married in 1975
• Moved back to Arkansas with Bill after they got
  married
• Bill was Governor of Arkansas and he began to
  build his political base that would take him to
  the White House
• Their first daughter Chelsea was born in 1980

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Hardships/Struggles

• Managed the failed effort to seriously reform
  health care
• Target of investigators and and rumors for
  involvement in Whitewater Scandal
• Stood by her husband when he was accused and
  impeached during the Monica Lewinsky scandal
• In 1980, Bill Clinton is said to have lost
  re-election as Governor of Arkansas possibly
  because Hillary Clinton did not use her husbands
  last name

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Major Accomplishments and Contributions to the
World

• Elected Senator of New York on November 7, 2000
• Only former first lady elected to the United
  States Senate
• First New York Senator to serve on the Senate of
  Armed Forces Committee
• Activist for the Childrens Defense Fund (see
  slide 7 for more information)
• Co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children
  and Families Organization
• Served on the board of the Arkansas Childrens
  Hospital (see slide 7 for more information)
• Chairs the Senate Democratic and Steering
  Committee

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Characteristics

• Leader
• Dominant
• Caring/Giving
• Ambitious

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Examples of Her Characteristics

• Leader - first woman to do many things such as
  become Senator, be the first woman Senator from
  New York, etc.
• Dominant - authoritative, an effective leader and
  role model
• Caring/Giving - visits soldiers in Iraq and
  Afghanistan
• Ambitious - self-confident, bold, competitive,
  self-assured

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A Lesson

• Hillary Rodham Clinton taught people (especially
  women) to pursue your dream. Hillary had always
  wanted to be a politician, and with a lot of hard
  work, she revolutionized politics like no other
  woman had or has since.
• The challenge now is to practice politics as
  the art of making what appears to be impossible,
  possible.
• -Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Extra Information

• The Childrens Defense Fund supports the No
  Child Left Behind act
• Ensures a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair
  Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start for
  children
• Creates a successful passage to adulthood
• The board of the Arkansas Childrens Hospital
  helps manage the hospital