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Overview
"Thorough and evenhanded." —The New York Times
This paperback edition is revised and updated with three new chapters about the Democratic primary race against Senator Bernie Sanders, the presidential campaign against Donald J. Trump, and the 2016 election.
As a young girl, Hillary Diane Rodham’s parents told her she could be whatever she wantedas long as she was willing to work for it. Hillary took those words and ran. In a life on the front row of modern American history, she has always stood outwhether she was a teen campaigning for the 1964 Republican presidential candidate, winning recognition in Life magazine for her pointed words as the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College, or working on the Richard Nixon impeachment case as a newly minted lawyer.
For all her accomplishments, scrutiny and scandal have followed this complex woman since she stepped into the public eye—from her role as First Lady of Arkansas to First Lady of the United States to becoming the first female U.S. senator from New York to U.S. secretary of state. Despite intense criticism, Hillary has remained committed to public service and dedicated to health-care reform, children's issues, and women’s rights.
In Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, critically acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal gives us an intimate and unflinching look at the public and personal life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and political cartoons, this is a must-have biography about a woman who has fascinatedand dividedthe public, who continues to push boundaries, and who wasn't afraid to reach for one more goal, becoming the first woman nominated as the presidential candidate for a major U.S. political party.
Praise for Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History:
"After decades in the public eye, Hillary Rodham Clinton is still an enigma, as Blumenthal (Tommy: The Gun That Changed America) emphasizes in this compelling portrait of the former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State’s journey from budding activist to presidential aspirant." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Thorough and evenhanded. . . . Blumenthal, a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter, is part of a current wave of narrative nonfiction authors who write for teenagers with such directness and clarity that adult readers, too, may gain a deeper understanding. . . . Providing nuanced but clear explanations for the ways Hillary’s personality and personal history have shaped her political career is where Blumenthal’s method really pays off." —The New York Times
"A richly detailed study that is as perceptive as it is engaging." —Kirkus Reviews
"An in-depth portrait that gives teens a real feel for the woman behind the politics." —Booklist
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781250115119 |
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Publisher: | Square Fish |
Publication date: | 01/03/2017 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 480 |
Sales rank: | 663,101 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.30(d) |
Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
About the Author
Three of her books, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, and Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.
Karen was also the author of Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (named a Sibert Honor Book), Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX (winner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award), Tommy: The Gun That Changed America, Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend, and Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1 Beginnings 7
1 Roots 9
2 Groundwork 19
3 Park Ridge 27
4 Wellesley 37
5 Making Possible 47
6 Yale 62
7 Bill 69
8 Courtship 79
9 Children 88
10 Nixon 97
Part 2 Arkansas 105
11 Fayetteville 107
12 Lawyer 116
13 Governor 125
14 Comeback 135
15 Mom 144
16 Campaign 156
17 President 170
Part 3 First Lady… 181
18 First 183
19 Saint Hillary 191
20 Whitewater 202
21 Pink 211
22 Eleanor Roosevelt 218
23 Subpoena 227
24 Reelection 238
25 Lewinsky 246
26 Impeachment 256
27 New York 268
28 Winner 278
Part 4 Hillary 289
29 Senator 291
30 War 302
31 Candidate 313
32 2008 322
33 Secretary 333
34 MOTB 344
35 Benghazi 354
36 2016? 365
37 Front-runner 372
38 Nasty 383
39 Election 397
Time Line 406
Bibliography 413
Notes 420
Photo Credits 457
Acknowledgments 460
Index 462