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Encouraged by her employer to read and go to school, Dorothy attended Alhambra High School, where she joined several clubs and benefited from two teachers. After graduating from Alhambra in 1937, she moved to Chicago for a failed reunion with her mother, who by then had married Max Rosenberg.
Nov 2, 2011 · The early life of Hillary Rodham Clinton is often painted as a struggle against the demanding, staunchly Republican father whose political beliefs she eventually rejected. But it was...
Jun 12, 2015 · Dorothy dreamed of attending Northwestern University. But it turned out that her mother had lied, and actually wanted her back in Chicago only as a housekeeper. Eventually she found secretarial...
- Amy Chozick
- She Was Abandoned as a Child. At the start of the 2016 campaign, Clinton often recounted the story of Dorothy’s difficult childhood. It began in a broken home in Chicago where her parents were always at odds, and not equipped to raise Dorothy and her younger sister.
- Her Difficult Upbringing Inspired Hillary to Become an Advocate for Children. In her autobiography, Clinton recounted her mother’s hardships and how it shaped her views.
- She Was Never Able to Attend College. After graduating from high school in 1937, Dorothy’s mother encouraged her to return from California o Chicago with a promise that her new husband would pay for tuition.
- She Taught Hillary to Stand Up to Bullies. As Clinton addressed a loud crowd of supporters at Brooklyn Navy Yard on Tuesday night, she recalled an important lesson her mother taught her: never back down from a fight.
Nov 14, 2011 · Few mother-daughter journeys in American history have covered the distance from adversity to achievement as well as that of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her mother Dorothy...
- Massimo Calabresi
Dec 14, 2011 · Born into an abusive family in Chicago in June 1919, Rodham was abandoned at 8 and took a train to California with her younger sister to live with their paternal grandparents. Unwanted there, she...
Jul 25, 2016 · In 1965, after Hillary Rodham had entered Wellesley College as a civic-minded Republican and had become plagued by doubts about remaining there, her mother bucked her up. “You can’t quit ...
