Hillary Clinton is arguably the most famous woman politician in U.S. history. Today she gave her farewell speech in the Senate, as she prepares to take on the role of Secretary of State for the incoming administration.
She made history in 2008 during her run for the Democratic nomination for president of this country. No woman candidate had ever won a U.S. primary. She won the first one in New Hampshire, and went on to win 20 more.
She garnered half a million more votes than the selected nominee, but because of DNC machinations, the votes of two early primary states, Florida and MIchigan, were denied her, and with them the delegates that would have changed the face of the primary from male to female.
She ended the primary season with a wave of landslide primary wins, solidifying in the minds of millions the esteem that her supporters held her in.
She campaigned tirelessly for the nominee, including calling for a unanimous vote in favor of him on the floor of the Democratic Convention which ended the traditional roll call vote, giving up the right of the delegate votes cast for her to be read and recorded as they were legally meant to be. She did this in the name of party unity.
She gave a competent and confident performance in the Senate hearing two days ago as part of the process of confirming her as incoming Secretary of State. Senator Clinton will be the third female Secretary of State for the U.S. A.
Throughout her career, she has been a staunch advocate for women and children. As First Lady, she spoke in Beijing at the 4th World Conference on Women in 1995, where she said:
If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely — and the right to be heard.
As a New Yorker, I have been proud to have her represent my state in the U.S. Senate. I believe she will do a wonderful job representing this country on the international stage.
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I agree that she is an awesome representative of a Wild Woman. She has more courage than most to have tackled the obsticles that have been placed in her path. She has overcome these and moved on to another level of her path as she walks on this earth.