HIST 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: United States House Committee On The Judiciary, Rose Law Firm, Watergate Scandal
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Women are expected to be both feminine and yet still similar to the male politicians; if they can"t pull off both simultaneously they are judged to be robotic, alienistic, emotionless. Hillary clinton: born in 1947 in illinois, wellesley college 1969, yale law school 1973, many books, selected positions, children"s defense fund, house judiciary committee, watergate staff, rose. Law firm, first lady of arkansas, first lady of the us, us senator, new york. Senator, democratic presidential candidate 2008, us secretary of state, Democratic presidential nominee 2016: believes in civic engagement, family was methodist (relevant to understanding her ideals, church was dedicated to free will, individual choice matters, etc. In 1960 (age 13) she canvassed for nixon. In 1964 (age 18) she was a goldwater girl. She began her college career as president of the young republicans (later turned democrat in 67) Watergate scandal, leading to president nixon"s resignation in august 1974.