Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born at Edgewater Hospital on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She first attracted national attention in 1969 when she became the first student to speak at commencement exercises for Wellesley College. In the 1970s she became a lawyer after graduating from Yale Law School. In 1975 she married Bill clinton and in 1979 was named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm and was also named one of the hundred most influential lawyers in America. From 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992 she served as the First Lady of Arkansas.

When she became the First Lady of the United States in 1993, she began a more influential role and was in the National spotlight for the first time. Her major initiative was the Clinton health care plan. Unfortunately this plan failed to gain the approval of the U.S. Congress in 1994. However, she helped establish the Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997. She also became the first First Lady in United States history to have her own career and is regarded as one of the most influential First Lady's in United States history.

In 2000, she and Bill moved to New York where she was elected to the United States Senate. This made her the first First Lady to be elected to public office and the first woman elected to Senate from New York. She was re-elected to Senate in 2006. In a 2002 New York Times article she hinted at possibly runing for United States President. As we all now know, she is currently running for United States President in 2008. Will this be another first for Hillary and the United States? Only time will tell.