Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Wellesley College where she was active in student politics and was elected senior class president before she graduated in 1969. Afterwards, she attended Yale law school and graduated with honors in 1979. During the summer of 1971, she had various summer jobs such as working on U.S. Senator Walter Mondale’s subcommittee on migrant workers. In the spring of 1974, she became a member of the presidential impeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives during the Watergate Scandal. After President Nixon resigned in August, she became a faculty member of the University of Arkansas Law School in Fayetteville. On October 11, 1975, Hillary Rodham married Bill Clinton. In 1976, Hillary worked on Jimmy Carter's campaign for president and in 1977, she was appointed to part-time chairman of the Legal Services Corporation by President Carter. In 1999 and 1991, she was named one of the 100 most powerful lawyers in America by The National Law Journal. After her husband’s two terms in office, she decided to run for U.S. Senator of New York. Clinton managed to defeat Rick Lazio with a surprising 55 percent of the vote and was easily reelected in 2006. In early 2007, Clinton decided to run for president, but later conceded to nomination to Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries. In spring of 2015, Hillary Clinton decided to run for president again and is considered a frontrunner. If successful, she would be the first woman to win the nomination for a major party’s presidential bid.
Hillary Clinton is a democratic candidate and has various topics she has taken a stance on. In the case of voting rights, she wants the people’s voice to be amplified. She wants to require that outside groups disclose where their money comes from. Clinton also wants to address the hard truth of race and justice in America when it comes to incarceration. She wants to reform minimum sentences for low-level nonviolent offences and require cops to wear body cams. Clinton also wants to crack down on gun violence by getting rid of the gun show loophole and more comprehensive background checks. In the case of social security, she wants to preserve it and have the wealthiest contribute as well. She also wants to drive down drug cost for seniors and other Americans. Clinton believes the Voting Rights Act needs to be revised and the standard for early voting be revised. She wants voting registration to happen as soon as a person turns 18 and having it move with citizens in order to increase voters and decrease errors.
Works Cited
Biography.com Editors. "Hillary Clinton Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015. <http://www.biography.com/people/hillary-clinton-9251306#related-video-gallery>.
"Hillary Clinton on the Issues." Issues. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2015. <https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/>.
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