Hillary Clinton
Nationality: American
Offices Held: Fmr. First Lady of Arkansas, Fmr. First Lady of the United States, United States Senator for the State of New York, Fmr. Presidential Candidate
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s career started as a lawyer working for the Children’s Defense Fund, a legal advocacy group for children. She graduated from Wellesley College and Yale Law School Twice named as one of the most influential lawyers in America by the American Bar Association (once while Bill was governor of Arkansas and once before), Hillary went to work for the extremely prestigious Rose Law Firm. It was often Hillary who was mentioned as a potential future president when people met the future first couple, not Bill.
A poster from Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
During Bill Clinton’s presidency, Hillary served in an active role, engaging herself in the day-to-day policy decisions of the administration. She was famously charged with co-chairing President Clinton’s initiative to reform the US healthcare system, a task in which she failed. But when she could not succeed in achieving health care reform for the entire nation, she instead went to work in providing healthcare for the nation’s impoverished children. The program she was instrumental in creating is known as the State Children’s Insurance Program (or SCHIP), and provides healthcare to nearly 16 million under-privileged children in the US today.
Hillary Clinton speaking to the House of Representatives Select Committee on Ethics during the Watergate investigation
Hillary was also instrumental as a representative of the United States abroad. During Bill’s first term, when he was focused on domestic affairs, Hillary effectively served as the global face of the United States for millions of people across the planet, visiting nearly 90 different countries during her tenure as First Lady, more than any First Lady before her.
After Bill Clinton’s presidency ended, Hillary audaciously announced that she would be the first First Lady to seek elected office in her own right. She ran and was successfully elected to serve as New York’s Senator, and was re-elected by a wide margin in 2006.
Hillary and Bill Clinton during their time at Yale University
In the beginning of 2007, Hillary (once again, somewhat audaciously) announced that she was running for President. While she was not successful in her quest, she did break barriers that no other woman had before her. She not only won more votes than any woman ever has before in any US election, but she also was the first women to win any state in a primary in US history, and changed US electoral history.
She currently is actively campaigning for Barack Obama’s candidacy for President of the United States and continues to serve as a US Senator for New York.
Hillary Clinton debating fellow contenders for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2008
Hillary Clinton has received numerous awards and much recognition for her work. She was twice named one of the most influential lawyers in America, twice listed as one of the most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine, and listed in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as one of the most influential people in the world by TIME Magazine (4 times; second only to Oprah Winfrey). She was mentioned in national media as early as 1969 in Life Magazine after giving a stunning commencement address as Wellesley Student Body President which received a seven-minute standing ovation.
Hillary Clinton with the author in 2008. I couldn't resist 
