Hillary Rodham Clinton was born on October 27, 1947, in Chicago to Dorothy and Hugh Rodham. She attended Wellesley, graduating in 1969, and then continued her education at Yale Law School, graduating with honors in 1973. It was at Yale that she first met Bill Clinton. Upon completing law school, Hillary Rodham completed an additional year of study on children and medicine at the Yale Child Study Center. In August 1974, after serving as a member of the presidential impeachment inquiry staff during the Watergate scandal, Rodham served as a faculty member at the University of Arkansas Law School.

Hillary Rodham and Bill Clinton were married on October 11, 1975, and welcomed their first and only child, Chelsea, on February 27, 1980. Hillary Clinton has held ...

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