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Known for
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Playing an active role in government and symbolizing the changing status of women in American society
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Milestones
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1969 Graduated from Wellesley College
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1973 Received her law degree from Yale University
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1973-1974 Acted as legal counsel for the Children's Defense Fund
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1974-1979 Taught law at the University of Arkansas Law School
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1975 Married Bill Clinton, who at the time was also teaching at the University of Arkansas Law School
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1977-1992 Practiced law as an associate and then a partner in the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas
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1993 Was appointed to head a presidential task force on health care reform
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2001 Became a U.S. Senator from the state of New York
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Quote
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'The challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.' 1969, in her commencement address at Wellesley College.
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Did You Know
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As a child, Clinton wrote to NASA asking for advice on how to become an astronaut; NASA replied that girls could not be astronauts.
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Clinton has twice been named one of the 100 most influential attorneys in the United States by the National Law Journal.
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Clinton was a staff member for the House Judiciary Committee impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon.
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During her 1969 commencement address, Clinton departed from her planned speech to chide the previous speaker, Senator Edward W. Brooke, for making comments irrelevant to current events.
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Clinton became the first First Lady in U.S. history to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
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