“Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is . . . For me， that balance is family， work， and service.”
— Hillary Rodham Clinton
“我們的生活是由不同角色組成的。大多數時間我們都在尋求如何平衡生命中的種種角色。……對我來講，家庭、工作、為公眾服務構成我生活中的平衡。”
—希拉裏·羅德姆·克林頓
An Outstanding Woman—Hillary Clinton
巾幗英雄——希拉裏·克林頓
Hillary Rodham Clinton—does her name ring a bell？ She is a mother， lawyer， advocate， politician， crusader and the wife of the 41st President of the United States， William Clinton. Hillary Clinton was First Lady for eight years， and First Lady of Arkansas， when William Clinton was governor， for 12 years. While working together with her husband， she helped thousands of families.
During the 1992 presidential campaign， Hillary Rodham Clinton observed， “Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is... For me， that balance is family， work， and service.”
As an undergraduate at Wellesley College， Hillary mixed academic excellence with school government. Speaking at graduation， she said， “The challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible， possible.”
In 1969， Hillary entered Yale Law School， where she served on the Board of Editors of Yale Law Review and Social Action， interned with children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman， and met Bill Clinton. The President often recalls how they met in the library when she strode up to him and said， “If you're going to keep staring at me， I might as well introduce myself.” The two were soon inseparable—partners in moot court， political campaigns， and matters of the heart.
After graduation， Hillary advised the Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge and joined the impeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. After completing those responsibilities， she “followed her heart to Arkansas”， where Bill had begun his political career.