| Name | Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton | |
| Profession | US Senator – (D) New York | |
| Date of Birth | Oct 26, 1947 | |
| Birth Place | Edgewater Hospital, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Nationality | American | |
| Family | Father: Hugh Ellsworth Rodham Mother: Dorothy Emma Howell Brothers: Hugh and Tony Rodham Husband: Bill Clinton Daughter: Chelsea Clinton |
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| Education | School: Maine South High School College: Wellesley College, 1969 Yale Law School, 1973 |
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| Religion: | United Methodist | |
| Marriage | Married Bill Clinton on October 11, 1975 in Fayetteville, Arkansas | |
| Political Party | Democrat | |
| Bar Admissions | Arkansas, 1973 U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1973 U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1973 U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1973 U.S. Supreme Court, 1975 |
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| Previous | Offices held: First Lady of the United States, 1993-2001 First Lady of Arkansas, 1978-1979 and 1982-1992 United States Senator, 2001-dateOccupation * Staff member of 1974 Watergate impeachment inquiry * Attorney, Rose Law Firm, Little Rock AR * Board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation * Faculty, University of Arkansas Law School, 1975 * Board Member, TCBY Yogurt Company, 1985-1992 * Board Member, Wal-Mart, 1985-1992 * Board Member, Arkansas Children’s Hospital * Board Member, Children’s Defense Fund * Co-Founder, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families |
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| Favourites | TV program: American Idol. Activity: Speed walking. |
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| Loves | Reading and crossword puzzles | |
| Car | Ford hybrid | |
| Subjects | Was good at history and not that much in math. | |
| Pet | Seamus (pet dog) | |
| Books authored by her | * Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids’ Letters to the First Pets * Living History * It Takes a Village * Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda: Drawings by Child Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 along with Richard A. Salem |
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| Awards and Honours | * Honorary doctorate by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock* Living Legacy Award from the Women’s International Center
* In 1995, the New York University Annual Survey of American Law dedicated its 52nd volume to Clinton. * won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for It Takes a Village * The United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize * Lifetime Achievement Award from the Children of Chernobyl Relief Fund * Mother Teresa Award, the highest honor given to civilians by Albania. * American Medical Women’s Association’s President’s Vision & Voice Award, * An honorary doctorate from Agnes Scott College near Atlanta * Reserve Officers Association’s National President’s Award. * Was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. * Was honored with the Remembrance Award from the Northeastern New York Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. * Clinton received an Energy Leadership Award from the United States Energy Association’s Energy Efficiency Forum * Was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden * Was ranked among the world’s most powerful people by Forbes magazine. |
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| Senator | * In 2006, New Yorkers reelected Hillary to the Senate with 67 percent of the vote. * She is the first New Yorker ever to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee, working to see that America’s military has the necessary resources to protect our national security. |
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| Mentors | * Her high school history teacher who introduced her to Goldwater’s classic The Conscience of a Conservative, * Her Methodist youth minister with whom she saw and met civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in Chicago in 1962. |
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| As a student | * Was selected for the National Honor Society when she graduated from High School * She became the first student in Wellesley College history to deliver their commencement address |
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| As a First Lady the first one | * To hold a post-graduate degree and to have her own professional career up to the time of entering the White House. * To have an office in the West Wing of the White House |
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| About her husband | “No one understands me better and no one can make me laugh the way Bill does. Even after all these years, he is still the most interesting, energizing and fully alive person I have ever met” | |
| Residence | Chappaqua, New York United States |
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| Official Website | http://www.hillaryclinton.com/ |
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