Hillary Clinton: A Biography [Hardcover]

A successful lawyer, child welfare advocate, health care activist, and the first First Lady elected to the U.S. Senate, Hillary Rodham Clinton has become one of the most iconic women in America today. This accessible biography explores her childhood and undergraduate political activism, and her work toward positive legislation for families, the elderly, and international women's issuesas a governor's wife, and later as First Lady. The final portions of the book are devoted to her two terms as a New York senator and her decision to run for president in 2008. One of the most current Hillary Clinton biographies at the high school level, this volume offers an insightful look into the life of a modern American icon and the role of women in politics today.

Dena B. Levyis Associate Professor of Political Science at SUNY Brockport. She has published widely on women, gender, and minority issues in politics.

Nicole R. Krassasis an Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University. Her primary scholarly areas of interest are gender and the mass mediated rhetoric.