Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois as Hillary Diane Rodham) is the junior United States Senator from New York, serving her freshman term since January 3, 2001. She was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton.

Early life, education, and start of career

Hillary Diane Rodham was raised in a Methodist family in Park Ridge, Illinois. Her father, Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, a dedicated conservative, was involved in the textile industry, and her mother, Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham, was a full-time homemaker. As a child, Hillary was interested in sports, her church, and her school, a public school in Park Ridge. Prior to graduating from Maine South High School, she attended Maine East High School, where she served as class president, a member of the student council, a member of the debating team, and as a member of the National Honor Society. During her final year of high school (Maine South High School), she received the school's first social science award. Throughout her youth, Rodham was fond of sports, including tennis, skating, ballet, swimming, volleyball, and softball. She won every possible badge as a Brownie and Girl Scout http://www.hillary-rodham-clinton.org/education.html. Hillary entered the world of politics in 1964, at the age of 16, by supporting the presidential bid of Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. Her parents encouraged her to pursue the career of her choice http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hc42.html http://www.hillary-rodham-clinton.org/.

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Methodist - Park Ridge - Illinois - Hugh Ellsworth Rodham - Conservative - Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham - Homemaker - Maine South High School - Maine East High School - National Honor Society - Social science - Tennis - Skating - Ballet - Swimming - Volleyball - Softball - Girl Scout - 1964 - Arizona - Republican - Senator - Barry Goldwater

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After graduating from high school in 1965, Rodham enrolled at Wellesley College in Massachusetts where she became active in politics, serving, for a time, as President of the Wellesley College Chapter of the College Republicans. During her junior year at Wellesley in 1968, Rodham was deeply affected by the death of the civil rights leader, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom she had met in person in 1962 http://www.hillary-rodham-clinton.org/education.html. After attending the Wellesley in Washington program at the urging of Professor Alan Schechter, her political views became more liberal and she joined the Democratic Party. Having been named valedictorian of her graduating class at Wellesley, Rodham graduated, in 1969, with departmental honors in Political Science. She became the first student in the history of Wellesley College to deliver a commencement address when she spoke at her own graduation http://www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Commencement/1969/053169hillary.html. Her speech received a standing ovation and she was featured in an article published by Life magazine http://www.hillary-rodham-clinton.org/education.html.

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1965 - Wellesley College - Massachusetts - College Republicans - 1968 - Civil rights - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - 1962 - Alan Schechter - Liberal - Democratic Party - Valedictorian - 1969 - Political Science - Commencement address - ''Life''

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