Think Hillary Hasn’t Accomplished Anything? Here’s The List That Proves That Wrong
There’s this longstanding myth that’s been spread by some in the media, and most certainly by those who oppose Hillary Clinton, that she has no accomplishments to her name. The question keeps being asked, “What has she done? She was only Bill’s wife, right?” Well, no, actually. If anything, according to the list you’re about to read, Bill is Hillary’s husband. She has quite the extensive list of accomplishments that she has achieved for herself.
So without further ado, here they are as first compiled from the Daily Kos but now cited and further expanded upon.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton:
-Gave the first student commencement address at Wellesley College in 1969 after being chosen by her peers and was Senior Class President
-President of the Wellesley Young Republicans
-Intern at the House Republican Conference
-After listening to Martin Luther King Jr. speak when she was younger and meeting him, she became inspired to live a life of service. She later became a Democrat in 1968 knowing that was her best path forward for a life of serving others.
-Volunteered for Democrat Eugene McCarthy’s presidential campaign at the age of 21 when the Civil Rights movement as well as anti-war movements were tempestuous
-Graduate of Yale Law School with honors
-Editorial board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action
-Worked on Senator Walter Mondale’s Subcommittee researching migrant labor
-Helped found Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a group dedicated to the betterment of children’s lives by advocating for their health, well-being, and education.
-Attorney at the Children’s Defense Fund leveling the playing field for children
-Professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law
-Director of Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Arkansas School of Law
-First female chair of the Legal Services Corporation which helps ensure everyone has equal access to justice under the law, despite whether you can afford it
-First female partner at Rose Law Firm
-Former civil litigation attorney
-Listed as one of the hundred most influential lawyers in America by The National Law Journal
-Former First Lady of Arkansas
-Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983
-First Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession
-Created Arkansas’s Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth because she saw a need for educating young children. Bringing HIPPY to Arkansas enabled parents to be their child’s first teacher and prepare them for a life of learning.
-Appointed leader of task force that reformed Arkansas’s education system
-As the wife of the Governor of Arkansas, and with her background in law, she sat on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart for six years as it was one of the largest employers in the state and central to the state’s economy
-Instrumental in making sure the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP now CHIP) was passed and implemented so that all children have access to healthcare no matter the income level.
-Promoted nationwide immunization against childhood illnesses
-“Played a leading role in creation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act and the Foster Care Independence Act”
-Successfully sought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health
-Helped investigate the affects of Gulf War Syndrome of the Veterans afflicted
-Helped initiate the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice
More at: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/13/long-list-hillary-accomplishments/
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