Story Highlights
- historical event:
- Hillary Clinton studied law at Yale and became a successful lawyer. At Yale she also began dating Bill Clinton, who was a student there.
The wife of President Bill Clinton was born in Chicago. She completed her law studies at Yale and became a successful lawyer. At Yale she also began dating Bill Clinton, who was a student there. She was on the list of 100 most influential lawyers in America twice. Her husband first became the Governor of Arkansas, then President of the United States. When she ran for senator of New York she was still the First Lady of the United States. It was the first time in history that a first lady ran for political office.
She became the first female senator of New York in history. On the eve of 2008, she lost the presidential elections to Barack Obama, but still won more primaries than any woman in U.S. history. As Secretary of State, she set a record for total mileage traveled during her service.
