Sunday, November 6, 2016

14 times Hillary Clinton did it first One more to go.


On November 8, we will have the chance to elect Hillary Clinton as the first woman president of the United States. That’s a big deal.
But it wouldn’t be the first time Hillary has broken a glass ceiling. In fact, Hillary has spent her life as a trailblazer—accomplishing things nobody else had ever done before.
Here are 14 times Hillary did it first:

1969

Hillary was the first student to give the commencement address at Wellesley College.

1978

Hillary became the first first lady of Arkansas to continue working while her husband was in office.

1978

Hillary was the first woman to chair the board of the Legal Services Corporation.

1979

Hillary was the first woman given the title of partner at Rose Law Firm.

1980

Hillary was the first attorney in her office to take maternity leave—the firm didn’t have a policy, so she wrote her own.

1993

Hillary was the first first lady to have an office in the West Wing of the White House.

1997

Hillary became the first first lady to win a Grammy.

2000

Hillary was the first first lady to walk in a gay pride parade.

2000

Hillary was the first first lady elected to public office, serving as the first woman U.S. senator from New York.

2003

Hillary became the first senator from New York to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

2008

During a hard-fought primary with President Obama, Hillary was the first woman to win a major party primary election, first in New Hampshire and then in states across the country. And she racked up 17 million primary votes in the process (no woman had even come close to that number before).

2009

Hillary was the first former first lady to serve in the cabinet of a United States president.

2016

Hillary was the first woman to ever win the Iowa caucus, and then the South Carolina primary, and then Alabama, and on and on and on.

2016

Hillary became the first woman presidential nominee of a major political party.

November 8, 2016 …

There is at least one thing that is still missing from this list—and we have a chance to make it happen.
Let’s make history together—and crack the highest, hardest glass ceiling.

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