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Some journalists have even extended their unfair characterization of Wellesley as a weapon to level ad hominem broadsides at alumnus Hillary Clinton. In the 2005 book “The Truth About Hillary,” author Edward Klein tries to damage Clinton politically by pointing to Hillary??s time at Wellesley, the bastion of radical feminism and lesbianism, as evidence of her lesbianism...
...Hillary??s experience demonstrates that she can best approach the challenges President Bush has left us. She redefined what it means to be First Lady of the United States. Not since Eleanor Roosevelt has a First Lady been so close a confidant to her husband on matters of policy. She fought for much-needed universal health, represented the United States internationally, and became a driving force in U.S. foreign policy...
Troy does not only use Hillary Clinton as a way to discuss the past politics of America’s most powerful unofficial office: he also attempts to examine some more contemporary issues. Troy alludes to the idea that Hillary??s experience influenced, and was in turn shaped by, the issue of turn-of-the-millennium female roles...
Troy frequently refers to Hillary as a feminist first lady, and implicitly links what he views as Hillary??s struggle to find the perfect balance between wife, mother, and “co-president” to the discussion of a woman’s role in the United States. “She rejected the simple media polarities whereby traditionalists were happy homemakers and feminists were humorless careerists,” he writes. “Hillary Rodham Clinton set out to prove to feminists and anti-feminists alike that modern career women could be good...
Though an inattentive reader looking for a cleaner chronicle of Hillary??s stint as first lady might be frustrated, Troy’s account does allow for a comprehensive look at the rapid ups and downs of White House politics...