Hillary Clinton is a complicated public figure for many reasons, and I have complicated feelings of frustration and pride toward her. But she took a lot of crap to pave the way for other women not having to take the same now. She'd have been smart and accomplished without Bill
Because I was a weird 7th grader, I read Hillary's LIVING HISTORY for my biography assignment in middle school (I had thoughtful albeit v conservative parents so they let me.) I internalized a lot of how she described navigating being "the wife" even when I didnt fully understand
I did also recite Hillary's "women's rights are human rights" speech in the middle of my 7th grade classroom and I suspect my teacher's blood pressure spiked at the genital mutilation bit but they didn't stop me! Props to my all girls school.
The other funny image from this story should be that of 7th grade me searching for Vince Foster conspiracy truths on our old af AOL internet connection
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