Hillary Clinton is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 67th US Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. She was also the Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 election, which she lost to her Republican opponent, Donald Trump. Married to former US President Bill Clinton, she served as First Lady of the United States during her husband's presidency from 1993 to 2001.
Childhood
Hillary Clinton was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Hugh Rodham and Dorothy Howell. She is the oldest child in the family and has two younger brothers, Hugh and Tony.
She graduated from Maine High School in 1965 and attended Wellesley College with a degree in political science.
Her political position changed quite a few times during the sixties of last year. She was considered a person with a conservative mind and a liberal heart. In 1968 she was elected President of the Wellesley College Government Association.
After graduating from college in 1969 with an honors bachelor's degree in political science, she changed jobs before finding a place at Yale Law School.
In 1970, she was selected to serve on the Subcommittee on Migrant Workers by US Senator Walter Mondale. After that, she interned in Auckland, at the Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein law firm.
In 1973, she received her Juris Doctor degree from Yale University.
Career
In 1974, she was appointed as a member of the Impeachment Investigation Headquarters in Washington, D. C., advising the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal. The committee's work resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
In 1974, she became a professor of law at the University of Arkansas. Two years later, she moved to the capital of Arkansas after her husband, Bill Clinton, was appointed Attorney General of Arkansas.
In 1977, she joined Rose, a law firm specializing in patent and intellectual property rights. In the same year, she co-founded Arkansas Children and Families Advocates.
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the position of chairman of the board of directors of the legal services corporation. As chairman until 1980, she more than tripled funding for the corporation, from $ 90 million to $ 300 million. In addition, she was the first woman to hold this position.
With Bill Clinton's appointment as governor of Arkansas in 1979, she became the first lady of Arkansas for twelve years, from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992. She was appointed Chair of the Rural Health Advisory Committee and was given the mandate to provide health services to the poorest areas.
In 1983, she took control of the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee. During her tenure, she worked to improve the educational standard and made teacher testing compulsory. In addition, she set government standards for curriculum and class sizes.
For six years, from 1982 to 1988, she headed the New World Foundation. From 1987 to 1991, she served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bar Association's Commission for Women in the Profession, Fighting Against Gender Inequality.
First lady
With the appointment of Bill Clinton as President of the United States in 1993, she became the First Lady of the United States.
According to most Americans, she played an active role in public policy and was often considered the "president in a skirt."
As First Lady, she was named head of the National Health Care Reform Team in 1993, which aimed to ensure that employers are required to provide health care for their employees. However, due to a lack of support, the reform was rolled back in 1994, which led to a drop in popularity for Democrats and the possible rise of Republicans in the House and Senate elections.
In 1997, she developed the Government Supported Children's Health Insurance program. In addition, she promoted immunization, mandatory mammography for women, and funded research on prostate cancer and childhood asthma.
As first lady, she has visited 79 countries, including India and Pakistan.
Political career
She competed for a seat in the US Senate from New York State and won by a huge margin, was sworn in on January 3, 2001. She became the first wife of the President to be elected to the US Senate from New York State.
During her tenure as a senator, she strongly supported the military action in Afghanistan and the strengthening of state security in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
In 2007, she announced her intention to run for the 2008 presidential election, becoming the first woman to be nominated by a major party. Despite losing the election to Barack Obama, she was nevertheless appointed Secretary of State.
As Secretary of State, she continued to advocate for women's and human rights. In addition, she actively advocated American military intervention in Libya. Hillary resigned from this position on February 1, 2013.
Presidential Campaign 2016
In April 2015, Clinton officially announced her candidacy for the presidency in the 2016 elections. She faced strong Democratic Socialist rival Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, but emerged victorious in this fight and was formally nominated by the Democrats in July 2016.
After joining the run for the presidency against GOP business tycoon Donald Trump, she led the presidential race for much of 2016 according to polls.
During her campaign, she based her economic philosophy on inclusive capitalism. She also called for a constitutional amendment that would reverse the 2010 Citizens United decision. She supports the right to same-sex marriage and equal pay for equal work. Given the regular scandals surrounding her opponent Donald Trump, it seemed that Hillary Clinton could easily win the presidential election. However, this did not happen and on November 8, 2016, she lost the presidential election to Trump.
Personal life
She married Bill Clinton on October 11, 1975. The couple have a daughter, Chelsea.
Interesting facts about Hillary Clinton
You will be surprised to know that Hillary Clinton was once a Republican. During the 1964 presidential election, she served on the team of Republican nominee Barry Goldwater. In 1968, she switched sides and ran for Democratic presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy. By the way, they both lost.
Politics was not Hillary Clinton's first love. She wanted to be an astronaut and even wrote to NASA about her dream. But NASA responded that they do not accept women.
Besides being a former first lady, Hillary Clinton has several other "firsts" to her name. She is the first presidential wives to be summoned to court and fingerprinted by FBI agents.
Hillary Clinton is a Grammy Award winner. She won the 1997 Best Spoken Word Album award for her audiobook "It Takes A Village".
Hillary Clinton is the most restless secretary of state. During her four-year tenure, she traveled to 112 countries and spent about a quarter of her term in the air.
She was a member of the President's Impeachment Commission during the Watergate scandal in 1974. As a result of the scandal, President Nixon resigned the same year.
