Kathleen Krull - Hillary Rodham Clinton. Dreams Taking Flight

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K. K.

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A. J. B.

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Text copyright 2008 by Kathleen Krull
Illustrations copyright 2008 by Amy June Bates
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Krull, Kathleen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton: dreams taking flight/Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Amy June Bates.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references
ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-8487-0
ISBN-10: 1-4169-8487-9
1. Clinton, Hillary RodhamJuvenile literature. 2. Presidents spousesUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. 3. LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. 4. United States. Congress. SenateBiographyJuvenile literature. 5. Presidential candidatesUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. I. Bates, Amy June, ill. II. Title.
E887.C55K78 2008 973.929092dc22 [B] 2008010385
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O nce there was a girl who wanted to fly. She dreamed of zooming in a spaceship up through the clouds into outer space, learning new things about Earth.

She wrote to the national space agency to volunteer. But it was 1961, and some paths were still closed to women, such as the job of astronaut.

Take a deep breath, look ahead, and keep trying to fly.

Even when she was little, she wanted to do something big and fearless. In different ways her mom and dad encouraged her to chase after her dreams, to soar.

Stand up for yourself, and keep your balance.

For someone who loved to learn, school was a big adventure. By eighth grade she could talk and argue about current stories in the news.

Even if you make a mistake, never be afraid to show your intelligence.

Shaking the hand of Martin Luther King Jr. was something she would never forget. He inspired her, something she would never forget. He inspired her, more than anyone, to look for ways to help other people. more than anyone, to look for ways to help other people.

Find heroes to lift you up.

She liked to lead. In high school she was elected vice president of her junior class. But when she ran for president, she lost. One of the boys she ran against said she was really stupid if she thought a girl could be elected president.

When borders surround you, try to break through.

She darted off to an all-womens college, where she started learning how our government works. A job in government was looking like the best way for her to help people.

She was the first student to speak at her colleges graduation ceremonya big and fearless speech that kept people clapping for seven minutes.

You don t have time for fear.

Try harderyou can do better.

She decided to apply to law school. A lawyer really could change the worldor at least the lives of the neediest people, by making the laws work for them.

A professor at one law school told her, We dont need any more women. She chose another school.

Who are the people who need our help the most? Children who are poor, neglected, abused. She launched her career as a lawyer to make these childrens lives better.

Dare to compete.

When she became the First Lady of one of the poorest states, people noticed that she was always on the go, getting things done, using politics as a way to help people.

Some people wondered how much her career would take flight. Others mocked her looks and wished she would just stay home.

Think of the world as bigger than yourself, and carry on.

She gave birth to her own daughter and began whispering encouragement.

You can be anything you wanteven an astronaut.

Her husband ran for United States president. He said voters would get two for the price of one, referring to his smart wife. This shocked some people.

Be who you are,

get through it,

and wait for times to change.

In her eight years in the White House, she was a new kind of First Lady, blasting off like a rocket. She tried to cover a lot of ground, and not everything she did was a success.

When something makes you fall, rise up again.

Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide.

Eleanor Roosevelt

She flew into advancing the rights of women around the world. Always she was in the public eye, with no privacy.

On days when people criticized her no matter what she did, she asked herself how her biggest hero, Eleanor Roosevelt, would have coped.