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Hillary Rodham Clinton - A Very Successful Woman Hillary Rodham Clinton the former first lady of the United States junior senator from New York and presidential candidate was appointedSecretary of State by President-Elect and former rival Barack Obama Shewas born Hillary Diane Rodham on October in Park Ridge Illinois Her father was a small businessman and her mother was a homemaker Shewent to college at Wellesley College an elite East Coast Ivy Leaguewoman\'s college Devin She spoke at her school\'s graduation and

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Children's issues would become a major focusfor Clint's later career (Burrell 53 ). President JimmyCarter appointed Hillary Clinton to the board of the Legal ServicesCorporation (Dervin 166). "A Women's History Report Card on Hillary Rodham Clinton's Presidential Primary Campaign, 2 8." Feminist Studies, Spring/Summer 2 8, 34: 315-322.US Department of State. She alsocontinued her career in law and became active in children's issues with herwork for the Arkansas Children's Hospital and the Children's Defense Fund.These activities continued and expanded after her husband was elected tothe presidency in 1992. Considered to be the virtually anointedif not elected winner, Clinton was utterly unprepared for the astonishingemergence of Barack Obama as her primary rival and as the individual whoultimately defeated her. Available at www.whitehouse.gov/about/first_ladies/hillaryclinton/. "Clinton the Organized." The Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 2 7, 1. "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton." 2 9. She also works to encourage economicdevelopment in New York, protecting constitutional rights for all, and forfair elections. Whenrunning for the presidency against a crowded field, Hillary Clintonexhibited by Dervin (16 ) calls a vigorous and aggressive attitude whichwas interpreted by some as ruthless and by others as self-serving. BillClinton was, as is now common knowledge, a frequently unfaithful husbandwhose extra-marital affairs almost derailed his candidacy for the WhiteHouse and then, after his election, could have cost him the presidency.Though she has been described as thoroughly or perhaps obsessivelyorganized, Stephen Braun (1) suggests that Clinton's personal style wasoften perceived as abrasive, autocratic, and overbearing. One can debate whether or not Clinton's ambitions were helped orhindered by her husband's achievements. Her definitionof success did not include losing the election for president and onesuspects that should President Obama falter in his first term, Clintonmight be ready once again to undertake a run for the presidency. She was quite capable ofusing her many connections in the legal community to assist her husband'scampaigns and ultimately to build her own campaign war chest and campaignstaff (Braun 1). Dream or cliché, the collective American dream is one shewants for everyone." Unfortunately, as a candidate for the presidency,Clinton proved unable to withstand the challenge of an even lessexperienced candidate in the form of Barack Obama. During her husband's presidency, Clintonexperienced many difficulties - beginning with the defeat of her nationalhealth insurance initiative and continuing with her husband's impeachmentfor lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a 21-year-old WhiteHouse intern (Burrell 534). During Bill Clinton's 12 years as governor in Arkansas, she remainedbusy in her family life, with the birth of her daughter Chelsea. Whilein the Senate she worked for the passage of legislation for safeprescription drugs for children, children's health insurance, and theprevention of environmental hazards. Throughout the campaign she identified herself as the farmore experienced candidate for the job and as ready to take office andbegin governing immediately upon her election (Sklar 318). "Hillary Rodham Clinton." 2 9. After leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton was elected by NewYorkers to the U.S. Shewas born Hillary Diane Rodham on October 28, 1947 in Park Ridge, Illinois.Her father was a small businessman and her mother was a homemaker. She spoke at her school's graduation and wasquoted in her White House biography as stating that "the challenge now isto practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible,possible" ("Hillary Rodham Clinton" 1). Interestingly,having begun life in an affluent, suburban and largely Republican family inIllinois, and having been a Goldwater Girl in the presidential campaign ofconservative Republican Barry Goldwater, Clinton the adult found herselfdrawn more toward Democratic Party politics and programs (Burrell 54 ). Based on these failures, one might come to the conclusion thatHillary Clinton, despite her prominence and her many accomplishments doesnot consider her life to have been primarily a success. Children and families remained important for Senator Clinton. Whether one agrees with this assessment or not, Clintonappears to have been marginalized by her appointment as Secretary of State(US Department of State 1). Certainly, she had opportunitiesduring her husband's presidency to move universal health care forward(Braun 1). Senator Clinton took an active role inrebuilding New York after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2 1.She also worked to improve homeland security and to protect all Americansfrom terrorist attacks. She also failed toachieve her goal of becoming the Democratic candidate for the presidency in2 8. She was the first senator from New York tobe on the Armed Services Committee. Accessed online September 28, 2 9. Available at www.state.gov/secreatary/. Available at www.latimes.com /news/printedition/front/la-na-hillarydecisions... Accessed online September 28, 2 9.Braun, Stephen. Dervin(162) suggests that Hillary Clinton "tapped into the collective Americandream when she begins her autobiography by proclaiming her birth above allas an American. In this policy initiative, Clinton failed. Senator Clinton entered the race for the presidency in the2 8 election and was one of the frontrunners, losing in the primary seasonto Illinois Senator Barack Obama and, having achieved a substantialfollowing, been appointed as Obama's Secretary of State ("Hillary RodhamClinton" 1). Senate. Kathryn Sklar (315) suggests that Clinton's primary campaign for thepresidency failed to establish a path for future white women candidates andthat Clinton's failure suggests that more Americans are willing to vote foran African-American male than for a white female. Accessed online September 28, 2 9.Burrell, Barbara C. Shewent to college at Wellesley College, an elite East Coast Ivy Leaguewoman's college (Devin 16 ). One example of this is that in 2 4, she was theonly member of the Senate to serve on the Transformation Advisory Group ofthe Joint Forces Command (Dervin 159-162). Ms. Rodham went on to attend Yale Law School. Hillary Rodham Clinton - A Very Successful Woman Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former first lady of the United States,junior senator from New York, and presidential candidate, was appointedSecretary of State by President-Elect (and former rival) Barack Obama. At issue in this essay is ananalysis of Clinton's success as a leader - a woman who courted politicalchallenges her entire adult life and who has succeeded dramatically inrealizing many if not all of her goals and objectives. Hillary Clinton's life has not been absent challenges that couldeasily have prevented her from achieving any of her personal goals. Though Clinton is Secretary of State and in this role may be thoughtof as having an important voice in the Obama administration, one mustrecognize that this is not the job she wanted. Works CitedAnonymous. In Arkansas, Ms. Clinton taught at the Universityof Arkansas Law School and worked at the Rose law firm. Her ambitions focused onfollowing in the footsteps of her husband and becoming president of theUnited States. She is the only First Lady of the UnitedStates to be elected to public office. Though she neverexercised ultimate executive authority as a First Lady or during herhusband's campaigns for the presidency, she did have enormous influenceduring the White House years and even earlier. In 1975, Hillary Rodham married Bill Clinton and soon moved toArkansas, her husband's home state where in 1978, he became the youngestgovernor in the country. "The Dream-Life of Hillary Clinton." The Journal of Psychohistory, Fall 2 8, 36: 157-162.Sklar, Kathryn K. Sklar (318) suggests that Clinton used orattempted to use race in a way that would ultimately tarnish herreputation. After law school, Hillary Rodhamworked with the Children's Defense Fund and became a member of the staffthat advised the House of Representatives impeachment efforts againstPresident Richard Nixon ("Hillary Rodham Clinton" 2). Clinton did not face any particularly meaningful barriers related torace or class but there are certainly those who argue that she did face anumber of challenges related first, to her gender, and secondly, toperceptions of her manifestation of non-feminine traits (Dervin 158). Three major thingshappened to her during law school and influenced her for the rest of herlife. She served on the school's Board of Editors of the Yale Law Reviewand Social Action, she worked with Marian Wright Edelman as a children'sadvocate, and she met Bill Clinton, who was also a Yale Law School student("Hillary Rodham Clinton" 1). "Hillary Rodham as First Lady: The People's Perspective." Social Science Journal, 2 , 37: 529-546.Dervin, Dan. Hillary Clinton'scandidacy for the presidency began in 2 6 soon after she had been electedto a second term in the US Senate. As Senator, she was a member offour committees: the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, theEnvironment and Public Works Committee, the Special Committee on Aging, andthe Armed Services Committee.

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