BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

•Hillary Clinton was born on October 26,

1947, in Chicago, Illinois. She was raised
in Park Ridge, Illinois, a picturesque
suburb located 15 miles northwest of
downtown Chicago.
•Hillary was the eldest daughter of Hugh
Rodham, a prosperous fabric store
owner, and Dorothy Emma Howell
Rodham. She has two younger brothers,
Hugh Jr. and Anthony
BACKGROUND
• Hillary attended Wellesley College,
where she was active in student politics
and elected senior class president
before graduating in 1969. She then
attended Yale Law School, where she met
Bill Clinton(her husband). Graduating
with honors in 1973, she went on to enroll
at Yale Child Study Center, where she took
courses on children and medicine and
completed one post-graduate year of
study.
BACKGROUND
•In 1971, she first came to
Washington, D.C. to work on U.S.
Senator Walter Mondale's sub-
committee on migrant workers. In
the summer of 1972, she worked in
the western states for the campaign
of democratic presidential
nominee George McGovern.

•In the spring of 1974, Hillary became

a member of the presidential
impeachment inquiry staff, advising
the Judiciary Committee of the
House of Representatives during the
Watergate Scandal.
 CAREER
• SHE SERVED AS FIRST LADY FROM 1993 TO 2001, BILL CLINTON(THE 42ND PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES) BEING HER HUSBAND .
• SHE SERVED AS A U.S. SENATOR FROM 2001 TO 2009. IN EARLY 2007, CLINTON
ANNOUNCED HER PLANS TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY. DURING THE 2008
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES, SHE CONCEDED THE NOMINATION WHEN IT BECAME
APPARENT THAT BARACK OBAMA HELD A MAJORITY OF THE DELEGATE VOTE. AFTER
WINNING THE NATIONAL ELECTION, OBAMA APPOINTED CLINTON SECRETARY OF STATE.
• IN 2016, SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN IN U.S. HISTORY TO BECOME THE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE OF A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. AFTER A POLARIZING
CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOP CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP, CLINTON WAS DEFEATED IN THE
GENERAL ELECTION THAT NOVEMBER.
 AWARDS

•GLAMOUR WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

•GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST ALBUM SPEAK
•GLAMOUR AWARD FOR THE TRAILBLAIZER
•GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS BEST MEMOIR &
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
 ACTVITIES INVOLVED

• SHE WORKED WITH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO HELP CREATE THE SUCCESSFUL
CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES HEALTH COVERAGE TO
MORE THAN 8 MILLION CHILDREN AND HAS HELPED CUT THE UNINSURED RATE FOR
CHILDREN IN HALF.
• IN 1995, HILLARY LED THE U.S. DELEGATION TO BEIJING TO ATTEND THE U.N. FOURTH
WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, DESPITE BEING TOLD BY SOME OFFICIALS NOT TO GO.
SHE GAVE A GROUNDBREAKING SPEECH, DECLARING THAT “HUMAN RIGHTS ARE
WOMEN’S RIGHTS, AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS ONCE AND FOR ALL”—
INSPIRING WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD.
 WHY DID I CHOOSE HER?

• SHE IS A STRONG WOMAN

• SHE IS VERY SMART
• SHE FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE
• SHE IS A MODEL
• SHE INSPIRES CONFIDENCE
THANK YOU FOR
ATTENTION!