^^^ Democratic
president candidate Hillary Clinton points to the crowd before she
speak at a “Women For Hillary” meeting in Milwaukee Wisconsin
September 10, 2015. (Photo courtesy of Reuters.)
Who:
Hillary Clinton
What:
If women (and those who love
them!) support women/family issues, she (we) will win! Historically, though, millions of women, particularly single women, do
not vote and women have got to vote to get it done. It starts here with
standing up and being counted.
What: Join Women For Hillary !
When:
Now! Do not wait, it's important for her to know you've got her back.
Why:
I can only speak for me ~
Primarily, because “It Takes A Village,” i.e. The Common Good,
and she knows that.
(You should feel free to leave a comment and to share why you think women and those who love them should be joining Women For Hillary Today. In fact, that would be great!)
How: Get informed !
Hillary
grew up in a middle class home in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago,
Illinois. Her dad, Hugh, was a World War II Navy veteran and a small
business man with a drapery business that designed, printed, and sold
his draperies. Hillary, her mom, and her two brothers helped out in
the business whenever they could. Hugh was a rock-ribbed Republican,
a pay-as-you-go kind of guy who worked hard and wasted
nothing.
Hillary’s mother, Dorothy, had a tough childhood.
She was abandoned by her parents as a young child and shipped off to
live with relatives who didn’t want her. By age 14, Dorothy knew
the only way she’d get by was to support herself, and she started
working as a housekeeper and babysitter while she went through high
school. Her mother’s experience sparked in Hillary a lifelong
commitment to championing the needs of children.
Her own
childhood was very different. Her parents built a stable middle class
life. Hillary attended public schools and was a Brownie and a Girl
Scout. She played in a girls' softball league. She was raised a
Methodist and her mom taught Sunday school. Her youth minister took
Hillary to see Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in Chicago and helped
her develop a lifelong passion for social justice.
Hillary
graduated from Wellesley College and then went to Yale Law School,
where she was one of just 27 women in her graduating class. Hillary
met her husband Bill at law school.
After law school, Hillary
chose not to go to a big New York or Washington law firm. Instead,
she went to work for the Children’s Defense Fund, going door to
door in New Bedford, Massachusetts, gathering stories about the lack
of schooling for children with disabilities, which contributed to the
passage of historic legislation to require their education.
It’s
this commitment to public service and fighting for others—especially
children and families—that she’s carried all her life.
After
serving as a lawyer for the Congressional Committee investigating
President Nixon, she moved to Arkansas where she taught law and ran
legal clinics representing poor people. She co-founded Arkansas
Advocates for Children and Families, one of the state’s first child
advocacy groups. And on October 11, 1975, she married Bill in a small
ceremony in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As First Lady of Arkansas, she
was a forceful champion for improving educational standards and
health care access. And she and Bill started their own family when
their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.
Bill was first
elected president in 1992 and re-elected in 1996. As First Lady,
Hillary tenaciously led the fight to reform our health care system so
that all our families have access to the care they need at affordable
prices. When the insurance companies and other special interests
defeated that effort, Hillary didn’t give up. She worked with
Republicans and Democrats to help create the successful Children's
Health Insurance Program, which provides health coverage to more than
8 million children and has helped cut the uninsured rate for children
in half.
In 1995, despite being told by some officials not to
go, Hillary led the U.S. delegation to Beijing to attend the UN
Fourth World Conference on Women and gave a groundbreaking speech,
declaring that “human rights are women's rights and women's rights
are human rights once and for all”—inspiring women worldwide and
helping to galvanize a global movement for women’s rights and
opportunities.
In 2000, Hillary was elected to the U.S.
Senate, becoming the first woman senator from New York. After the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hillary pushed the Bush
administration to secure $20 billion to rebuild New York and fought
to provide health care for first responders who were contaminated at
Ground Zero. She repeatedly worked across the aisle to get things
done, including working alongside Republicans to expand TRICARE so
that members of the Reserves and National Guard and their families
could get better access to health care.
When Congress wouldn't
do enough for rural areas and small towns, Hillary didn’t back
down. She launched an innovative partnership in New York with eBay
and local colleges to provide small businesses with tech support,
microloans and training programs to sell their goods online. She
helped expand broadband to remote areas of the state. And she
launched Farm-to-Fork, to help New York farmers and producers sell
their products to New York’s restaurants, schools, colleges and
universities.
In 2008, Hillary ran for president. When she
came up short, she told her supporters, "Although we weren’t
able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks
to you, it’s got about 18 million cracks in it."
And
when President Obama asked Hillary to serve as his secretary of
state, she put aside their hard-fought campaign and answered the call
to public service once again. After eight years of Bush foreign
policy, Hillary was instrumental in starting to restore America’s
standing in the world. Even former Republican Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger said she “ran the State Department in the most
effective way that I’ve ever seen.”
She built a coalition
for tough new sanctions against Iran that brought them to the
negotiating table and she brokered a ceasefire between Israel and
Hamas that ended a war and protected Israel’s security. She was a
forceful champion for human rights, internet freedom, and rights and
opportunities for women and girls, LGBT people and young people all
around the globe.
In 2014, Hillary took on a new
role—grandmother to Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky—and she couldn’t
be prouder or happier.
^^^ The Personal IS Political and Hillary knows that
Too
often, these are called women’s issues. Well, I am a proud lifelong
fighter for women’s issues, because I firmly believe what’s good
for women is good for America. … As far as I’m concerned, any
issue that affects women’s lives and futures is a women’s issue.”
HILLARY
CLINTON, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015
America
has taken tremendous strides when it comes to expanding opportunity
for women—but our fight is far from over. Women still earn less
than men on the job. Many women still face barriers to entering and
advancing in the workforce, and the ability of women to make their
own health decisions is under assault. Hillary believes that issues
that affect women’s lives are not just “women’s issues”—they
are family issues, they are economic issues, and they are crucial to
our future competitiveness. She has been fighting for women and girls
her entire career, and she’s just getting started. …
A quick look at Hillary's Issues Page confirms the personal is political :
(It's from 2012 but it is fascinating. Trust me!)
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You can find Hillary's campaign page here
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^^^ A basic premise of The Democratic Platform!
^^^ This is the time for a 21st Century President to continue the work of bringing America's Common Good value to the global table!
