Let Us Celebrate... - Page 3

Originally posted by: sandiab

Happy womans day to the amazing ladies of the forum and Shanti will be back later to post my contribution to the celebration.

My woman of inspiration has got to be Hillary Rodham Clinton she was born on 26 October 1947. And sorry for the long post I have always been impressed by her but when I researched her got even more impressed by her so tried to include as much as I could about her.

-She is the current United States Secretary of State.

-Her early life consisted of her embarking on a career in law after receiving her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973.

– She was a congressional legal counsel until she moved to Arkansas in 1974 and married Bill Clinton in 1975.

-She co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977 and became the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978.

-She was named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979; she was twice listed as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America.

-As First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 with husband Bill as governor, she successfully led a task force to reform Arkansas's education system.

- She has played a role in advocating the creation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act whilst she was First lady.

- However she has been the only First Lady to have been subpoenaed, she testified before a federal grand jury in 1996 due to the Whitewater controversy, but was never charged with wrongdoing in this or several other investigations during her husband's administration.

- Her married life has survived infidelity and public humiliation and she has come out of it stronger than ever.

-She has been the first American First Lady to run for public office and was also the first female senator to represent the state.

-As a Senate, she initially supported the Bush administration on some foreign policy issues, including a vote for the Iraq War Resolution. How she subsequently opposed the administration on its conduct of the war in Iraq and on most domestic issues.

-she has served 2 terms as the Senator for New York

- In the 2008 presidential nomination race, Hillary Clinton won more primaries and delegates than any other female candidate in American history, but narrowly lost to Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

- She is now the first former First Lady to serve in a president's cabinet.

-In her role as secretary she has been at the forefront of the U.S. response to the Arab Spring, including advocating the military intervention in Libya.

-She has introduced the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review process to the State Department, seeking to maximize departmental effectiveness and promote the empowerment of women worldwide, and used "smart power" as the strategy for asserting U.S. leadership and values in the world.

-She is the most widely traveled secretary during her time in office and has also championed the use of social media in getting the U.S. message out.

Shanti got to say that Yor siggie and words are amazing and love it