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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON is the first woman in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. She served as the 67th Secretary of State—from January 21, 2009, until February 1, 2013—after nearly four decades in public service advocating on behalf of children and families as an attorney, First Lady, and Senator. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother.
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“Still I Rise” from And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems by Maya Angelou, copyright © 1978 by Maya Angelou. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
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Index
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ABC News, 243
Abedin, Huma, 65, 77, 83, 89, 245, 248, 294–95, 314–15, 389, 467
abortion, 130, 131, 132, 443
Abrams, Tanya, 468
Abramson, Jill, 321
Abu Ghraib, 299
Access Hollywood tape of Trump’s remarks about women, 15, 106, 114, 127, 136, 138–39, 140, 347–49, 388, 413
Adams, Abigail, 142
Adams, John, 5, 24, 429
Adams, John Quincy, 5
Adams, Ruth, 462
Adapt Pharma, 61–62
Aden, Emily, 467
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 124
Affordable Care Act (ACA; Obamacare), 8, 12, 48, 50, 66, 155, 229, 233, 234, 236, 238, 277, 281–84, 286, 442, 450, 453
Afghanistan, 328
Africa:
Ebola in, 43, 48–49
elephants in, 43
farmers in, 42
HIV/AIDS in, 42
African Americans, 8, 143, 177, 203, 412–13, 416, 442
Black Lives Matter, 176, 203–6, 415
in Flint, 211, 214
gun violence and, 174–75, 178
police officers and, 175–78
segregated schools and, 200
voting and, 128, 418–20
see also civil rights
AIDS, 42
Ailes, Roger, 366–67
Alaska for America, 238–39
Alaska Permanent Fund, 238
Albright, Madeleine, 84, 299
Alexander, Keith, 362
Ali, Muhammad, 17–18
Allen, Jon, 80
Alliance for a Healthier Generation, 42
Alpha Natural Resources, 269
Altman, Sam, 241
Alt-Right, 24, 415
Alzheimer’s disease, 96
Amanpour, Christiane, 392
American Federation of Teachers (AFT), 43, 268
American Heart Association, 42
American National Election Studies, 412
AmeriCorps, 235
Ana Grace Project, 190
Angelou, Maya, 11, 29–30
anger, 10, 49, 76, 271–72, 276–79, 362, 386, 398, 442
Anthony, Marc, 95
Anthony, Susan B., 257
Anzalone, John, 65, 467
Appalachia, 263, 264, 266, 268–70, 282, 285, 425
Appalachian Regional Commission, 282
Apple, 372
Apprentice, The, 221
approval ratings, 48, 68, 73, 399
Arch Coal, 269
Arellano, Tamara, 468
Arizona, 100
Arkansas, 50, 181, 238, 266, 274, 278
Arkansas Travelers, 75
artificial intelligence, 240, 241
Assad, Bashar al-, 333
Assange, Julian, 338, 343–45, 357
Assault on Reason, The (Gore), 9
Associated Press (AP), 244–45, 385, 386, 421
Atlantic, 395
Atlantic Alliance, 332, 335
Atwater, Lee, 433–35, 436, 437, 442
Atwood, Margaret, 126–27
Austria, 332
authenticity, 121–25, 232, 463
authoritarianism, 9
automobile industry, 209–10, 229
Baker, Charlie, 467
Baker, James, 239
Balderston, Kris, 467
Balenger, De’Ara, 467
Banks, Elizabeth, 250–51
Bannon, Steve, 24, 367, 415
Bardack, Lisa, 101
Barden, Jackie, 190
Barden, Mark, 190
Bareilles, Sara, 95
Barnes, Peter, 238
Barnett, Bob, 104, 230, 468
Barrett, John, 86
Barrie, J. M., 148
Ba
rrows, Annie, 159
Bashe, Phil, 468
Bayrock Group, 336
Beard, Mary, 126
Beatles, 112,
Beck, Charlie, 177
Beckett, Dino, 279
Beckham, Shannon, 467
Begala, Paul, 74
Belcher, Cornell, 414
Benaim, Daniel, 467
Benenson, Joel, 65, 67–68, 103, 255, 379, 401, 467
Benghazi terrorist attack, 11, 230–31, 273, 297–99, 304, 370
Berkon, Jonathan, 467
Bernall, Cassie, 181
Bernall, Misty, 181
Bernie Bros, 229, 362
Bernstein, Jared, 80–81
Better Than Bullying, 98
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, 101, 102
Beyoncé, 144
Bible, 440, 441
Biden, Jill, 6
Biden, Joe, 6, 53, 67, 80, 86, 120, 184, 204–5, 224, 230, 394, 395
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 43
Binder, David, 65, 467
bin Laden, Osama, 45, 221, 342, 393
birth control, 130, 131
Black, Allida, 467
Black Lives Matter, 176, 203–6, 415
Black Man in the White House, A (Belcher), 414
Blair, Tony, 235
Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society, 128
Bland, Sandra, 179
Blankenship, Don, 273, 275–76
Bleifuss, Eloy, 468
Bloomberg, Michael, 6, 51, 81, 191
Bloomberg News, 363, 405
Bloomer, Amelia, 257
Blumenthal, Sid, 467
Bly, Nellie, 14
Bon Jovi, Jon, 98, 377
Booker, Cory, 249–50
Bordo, Susan, 126
Borochoff, Daniel, 44
Boston Globe, 335
Bowling Alone (Putnam), 437
Brady Bill, 180, 183, 186
brain, 27
Bratton, Bill, 177
Brazile, Donna, 340
breath work, 27
Breitbart News Network, 349, 359, 366–68, 415
Brennan, John, 354, 355
Brexit, 50, 368
Britain, 50, 235, 335, 365, 368
Broadway shows, 30
Brooklyn, Clinton campaign headquarters in, 19, 22, 71, 224, 245, 246, 254, 337, 465
Brooklyn Navy Yard, 243, 247, 254
Brown, David, 184–85
Brown, Michael, 180
Brown, Sherrod, 271
Brzezinski, Mika, 137
Buell, Susie, 467
Buchan, John, 370
Buckingham Palace, 31
Buffett, Jimmy and Jane, 98
Burns, Ken, 77–78
Bush, Barbara, 5
Bush, George H. W., 5, 40, 123, 433–34, 450
Bill Clinton’s inauguration and, 5
Bush, George W., 4, 5, 64, 120, 123, 137, 274, 308, 322, 356, 398, 419, 450
inauguration of, 5
Putin and, 327
at Trump’s inauguration, 4, 5, 11
Bush, Jeb, 4
Bush, Laura, 5
Bush dynasty, 40
Buzzfeed, 350
Byrd, Robert, 266
Cairo, 202–3
California, 244–45, 247, 424
Cambodia, 198
Cambridge Analytica, 368
campaign finance laws, 68, 76, 97, 228, 229
capitalism, 231
Caplin, Glen, 467
carbon emissions, 239, 270, 274
Carnegie Corporation of New York, 43
Carr, Gwen, 175, 176, 179, 185
Carrier Corporation, 282
Carrk, Tony, 103–4, 466–67
Carter, Jimmy, 4, 140, 201, 229
Cartwright, Matt, 307–8
Carville, James, 74
Castile, Philando, 184
caucuses, 70, 71, 73, 245, 247
Center for American Progress, 69
Central Baptist Church, 185
CGI America, 43
CGI International, 43
Chaffetz, Jason, 11, 314
Chait, Jonathan, 318
change, 195–215, 236, 404, 409–10, 417–18, 436–37
and Hillary Clinton falsely viewed as defender of status quo, 195, 236
progressive, 53, 74, 77–79, 131, 185, 197, 201, 226–27, 229–31, 235, 422
social, 8, 10, 39, 416
Chappaqua, N.Y., Clintons’ home in, 19, 28, 59, 84–85, 293
Charity Navigator, 44
CharityWatch, 44
Charleston church shooting, 183
Cheng, Dennis, 65–66, 467
Chertoff, Michael, 308–9
Chicago Cubs, 100–101
childcare, 206, 207, 224, 236, 284
children, 98, 129, 143, 150, 208–9
with disabilities, 200–201
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), 196, 199–201, 207, 208, 215, 350
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), 207, 209, 234
China, 132, 222, 233, 240, 277, 284, 338, 341, 371, 417
Tiananmen Square massacre in, 334
Chinese proverb, 288
Chipotle, 59–60
Chisholm, Shirley, 142
Christie, Chris, 249
Chung, Jason, 86
Churchill, Winston, 378
CIA, 342, 354, 355, 368, 406
Cillizza, Chris, 319
Ciorciari, Corey, 467
Citizens United v. FEC, 76, 228
civil rights, 113, 134, 197, 202, 205, 206, 235, 424
Sessions and, 233
Civil War, 56
Clapper, James, 326, 347, 375
Clarke, Richard, 356
Clarkson, Kelly, 2
Clean Power Plan, 274
climate change, 8, 54, 239, 240, 269, 278, 279, 366, 368, 372
Clinton, Bill, 5, 10, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 47, 50, 52, 54, 65, 68, 80, 85, 86, 89, 95, 103, 107, 123, 133, 164–65, 169, 201, 208, 239, 247–48, 254, 266, 273, 281, 320, 448, 450, 459–60, 469
Arkansas gubernatorial election of 1980 lost by, 20, 118
Chelsea and, 133, 149–50, 152, 153, 157–59, 160
at Democratic National Convention, 144, 249, 252, 378
Democratic Party and, 234–35
early life of, 111, 278
on Election Night (2016), 381, 384, 387–88
first presidential inauguration of, 5, 11
gun laws and, 180, 181
heart surgery of, 42
Hillary’s concession speech and, 18, 19
and Hillary’s decision to run for president, 40, 41, 44, 47–48, 55
Hillary’s marriage to, 157, 159–61, 168, 430, 459–60
Hillary’s mother and, 160–61
Lynch and, 312
office server of, 293, 297
philanthropy of, 41–43, 350
presidential administration of, see Clinton administration
presidential campaign of 1992, 65, 74, 90, 195, 236, 267, 286, 340, 397, 433, 435, 456, 457
Secret Service and, 89–90
tax returns of, 302, 350
Thanksgiving hosted by, 28–29
television watching of, 31
transparency of, 302
at Trump’s inauguration, 3–8, 10–13
at Trump’s wedding to Melania, 6
welfare reform and, 206–8
women accusers of, 138
Clinton, Chelsea, 28, 29, 34, 47, 80, 81, 85, 148–59, 165, 248, 252, 293, 435, 469
Bill and, 133, 149–50, 152, 153, 157–59, 160
childhood of, 96–97, 133, 142–43, 149–54, 181
at Democratic National Convention, 148–49, 150, 249, 256–57, 378
and her grandmother, 166, 167
health care issues and, 42, 154–55, 213
Hillary’s 2016 campaign and, 18, 19, 20, 26, 154–56, 157, 248, 384
philanthropy of, 41, 42, 43
as President’s daughter, 153–54
She Persisted, 451
wedding of, 22, 32, 349
Clinton, Hillary Rodham:
accomplishments and history of public service, 113, 223
activist identity of, 196–202
approval ratings of, 48, 68, 73, 399
books and reading of, 29, 85, 160
Broadway shows attended by, 30
childhood of, 112, 116, 147–48, 163, 164, 389
at Chipotle, 59–60
clothing of, 88–89, 118
“cookies and tea” remark of, 118–19, 144, 456
as “divisive,” 120
emails of, see email controversy
as First Lady, 39, 113, 129, 142, 209, 293, 457
friends of, 133, 167–71
hair and makeup of, 86–88, 118
Hard Choices, 44, 47, 466
health of, 51
home of, 13, 19, 28–29, 59, 84–85, 293
It Takes a Village, 437–39
law career of, 113, 117–19, 122, 138, 142, 150
in law school, 113, 117, 199, 208
letters to, 24–25
marriage of, 157, 159–61, 168, 430, 459–60
as mother, 148–59, 164, 168
motorcades for, 90–91
name of, 118
origami cranes sent to, 25–26
pneumonia of, 101–2
presidential campaign of 2008, 23, 26, 41, 47, 52, 53, 60, 63–64, 66, 68, 70, 75, 83, 88, 145, 195, 243–44, 279, 386
religious faith of, 31–32, 34, 281, 440, 457
as Secretary of State, 4, 29, 39, 45, 48, 52, 53, 60–61, 68, 126, 156, 167, 202–3, 218, 279, 293, 296, 328, 344, 353, 399
Secret Service and, 86, 87, 89–90, 176, 188, 293, 468
senate campaign of, 55, 60, 88
senate reelection campaign of, 66
as Senator, 39, 45, 69, 113, 120, 129, 135, 156, 165, 166, 176, 181, 209, 236, 267, 293, 419
sign in house of, 108
speaking engagements of, 44–46, 47
speaking voice of, 124–25
tax returns of, 302, 350
tearful moment of, 123–24
television watching of, 31
Thanksgiving hosted by, 28–29
transparency of, 302
at Trump’s inauguration, 3–8, 10–13
University of Texas speech of, 436–37
vitriol toward, 126–27, 155
at Wellesley College, 55, 117, 147, 197, 456
Wellesley College graduation speeches of, 56–57, 198, 431, 433, 436, 444, 455–64
Whitewater investigations and, 120, 320
yoga and breath work practiced by, 27, 86
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 2016 presidential campaign of:
air travel in, 91
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