Hillary Diane Rodham
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Hillary Diane Rodham was born [[Oct 26]], 1947 at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], [[Illinois]], the daughter of [[#Hugh Ellsworth Rodham|Hugh Ellsworth Rodham]] and his wife [[#Dorothy Emma Howell|Dorothy Emma Howell]]. The family lived first in Chicago until Hillary was three, and then in Park Ridge, Illinois. Her father was a son of Welsh and English immigrants. She has two younger brothers, attorney Hugh, who also ran for Senate, and Tony a business consultant, who is also associated with the Democratic National Committee (cf [http://www.muckety.com/Dorothy-Rodham/24608.muckety "Hugh Rodham Jr"] on Muckety). | Hillary Diane Rodham was born [[Oct 26]], 1947 at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], [[Illinois]], the daughter of [[#Hugh Ellsworth Rodham|Hugh Ellsworth Rodham]] and his wife [[#Dorothy Emma Howell|Dorothy Emma Howell]]. The family lived first in Chicago until Hillary was three, and then in Park Ridge, Illinois. Her father was a son of Welsh and English immigrants. She has two younger brothers, attorney Hugh, who also ran for Senate, and Tony a business consultant, who is also associated with the Democratic National Committee (cf [http://www.muckety.com/Dorothy-Rodham/24608.muckety "Hugh Rodham Jr"] on Muckety). | ||
| − | Hillary attended Maine East and South High Schools, Park Ridge, graduated 1965; Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., graduated 1969 (major: political science); Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., graduated 1973. | + | Hillary attended Maine East and South High Schools, Park Ridge, graduated 1965; Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., graduated 1969 (major: political science); Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., graduated 1973. She then became Staff attorney for the Children's Defense Fund, 1973; and staff attorney, impeachment inquiry staff, U.S. House Judiciary Committee, 1974. |
| − | While at Yale she met and began dating [[William J Clinton|Bill Clinton]]. | + | While at Yale she met and began dating [[William J Clinton|Bill Clinton]]. She was a law professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville from 1974 to 1976. Her and Bill married [[Oct 11]], 1975, in Fayetteville, [[Washington County, Arkansas]]. Hillary then joined the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock in 1977, becoming at that time, or later partner. Bill and Hillary had a single child, Chelsea Victory Clinton, on [[Feb 27]], 1980 in Little Rock, [[Pulaski County, Arkansas]]. |
In 1976 Bill Clinton was elected Attorney General of Arkansas and in 1978 [[Governor of Arkansas]] for a 2-year term. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1980, but then reclaimed the Governorship in 1982 and remained Governor for ten more years. In 1992, while Governor of Arkansas, he ran for and was elected [[Presidents of the United States|President of the United States]] and then was re-elected in 1996, serving until Jan 2001. | In 1976 Bill Clinton was elected Attorney General of Arkansas and in 1978 [[Governor of Arkansas]] for a 2-year term. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1980, but then reclaimed the Governorship in 1982 and remained Governor for ten more years. In 1992, while Governor of Arkansas, he ran for and was elected [[Presidents of the United States|President of the United States]] and then was re-elected in 1996, serving until Jan 2001. | ||
