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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, was born October 26, 1947
"My story began in the years following World War II, when men like my father who had served their country returned home to settle down, make a living and raise a family".
"We were middle-class, Midwestern and very much a product of our place and time. My mother, Dorothy Howell Rodham, was a homemaker whose days revolved around me and my two younger brothers, and my father, Hugh E. Rodham, owned a small business. The challenges of their lives made me appreciate the opportunities of my own" -
First Lady of Arkansas
January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981 -
First Lady of the United States
In office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
President Bill Clinton -
Her first day in the White House
"My eight years in the White House tested my faith and political beliefs, my marriage and our nation’s Constitution...This book is the story of how I experienced those eight years as First Lady and as the wife of the President". -
United States Senator from New York
In office: January 3, 2001 – January 21, 2009 -
The unspeakable tragedy...
"... what happened on September 11, 2001. The lost lives. The human grief. The smoldering crater. The twisted metal. The shattered survivors. The victims’ families. The unspeakable tragedy of it all. That September morning changed me and what I had to do as a Senator, a New Yorker and an American. And it changed America in ways we are still discovering. We are all on new ground, and somehow we must make it common ground". -
Fisrt Lady of Arkansas
In office: January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992
Then, January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981 -
67th United States Secretary of State
In office: January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013
Serving under President: Barack Obama
