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 | + | 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. |
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| + | While at Yale she met and began dating [[William J Clinton|Bill Clinton]]. They married [[Oct 11]], 1975, in Fayetteville, [[Washington County, Arkansas]], They had one 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. | ||
