Mrs Hillary Clinton has Imbibed Leadership Qualities from her mother Mrs Dorothy Howell

Mrs Hillary Clinton has Imbibed Leadership Qualities from her mother Mrs Dorothy Howell

Mrs Hillary Clinton recalled how bad babyhood days her mother encountered in her early childhood days. In 1927, Hillary’s mother Dorothy Howell parents were divorced, neither of the Hillary’s mothers’ parents were willing to look after Dorothy or her sister.  Dorothy Howell and her sister were compelled to move to California to live with their grandparents. At the hands of their grandparents, Dorothy and her sister faced many hardships as they were asked to dress in a primitive way and were not allowed to play in the open yard. 

Mrs Rodham in 1940s

Dorothy was not permitted by her grandparents to wander outside and was asked to remain in her room after she went trick-or-treating one Halloween. 

Mrs Rodham and Hillary in 1950s

Estranged due to attitudes of their grandparents, Dorothy, at the age of fourteen left her grandparents and got employed as house keeper at Chicago with an intention to reunite with her mother. However, her mother was not receptive to the reunion when she attempted after some years. 

Mrs Hillary with her mother and daughter Chelsea in 2008

For Hillary Rodham Clinton, it was really a painful story when she came to know how her mother underwent untold pains during her childhood.  Hillary’s mother Dorothy died four years back and let us wish that her mother’s moral support and blessings will be really there to back her claim to USA’s president position. 

In her 2008 election speeches, Clinton uttered that she imbibed perseverance, stubbornness, and leadership qualities from her mother Dorothy. 

Mrs Hillary Clinton and her mother Dorothy Rodham

Mrs. Hillary Clinton, in her 2016 Presidential election speeches, will elucidate how her mother’s experience molded her life and stimulated her to be an advocate for children and families at the Children’s Defense Fund, and as a first lady, secretary of state and senator.

When Hillary Clinton was employed as full-time lawyer at Rose Law Firm, Arkansas, Dorothy Rodham and her husband, Hugh came to Little Rock to take care of Chelsea. When Mr. Rodham expired in 1993, Dorothy used to live along with Hillary at the White House. Dorothy also accompanied Hillary when she visited Paris, India, Hawaii and China.

In the background of Monica Lewinsky scandal, Dorothy encouraged Hillary to makeup her own political career. Dorothy moved to Washington when Mrs Hillary was elected to the Senate in 2000 from New York.Mrs. Hillary Clinton intends to spare time detailing about her mother in a chains of campaign meetings in early nominating states during coming week. Mrs Clinton as 2016 presidential candidate desires to spotlight not only her mother’s upbringing, but also raise her voice for downtrodden people, like educators and teachers, who were so passionate to Dorothy during her childhood as a way to spool to Mrs. Clinton’s viewpoint that communities and government must to do their part to  raise the standard of living of the middle class.

In the “Hard Choice” book written by Mrs Hillary Clinton and released in the year 2014 explained how one teacher of her mother at her elementary school offered her one carton of milk on daily basis when she came to know about her inability to buy the same. Mrs Hillary also recalled how a teenage housekeeper for whom Dorothy served helped her to pursue high school studies.  Mrs Hillary recalled how goodness was present in the world and this had shaped Dorothy later as caring mother and grandmother. 

Now, at the age of 67, Hillary Clinton has taken appropriate steps to run a methodological and sensational presidential 2016 campaign in the coming days.The poor childhood background of Mrs Hillary would help her to redress the sufferings of middle class peoples.  The recent poll convened by CNN on June 2, 2015 exposed that 43% of voters were of the view that Mrs Hillary will care for aged people and ordinary citizens.

At the age of 92 , Mrs. Rodham died in 2011 and Mrs Hillary Clinton told that one of her mothers’ unfulfilled wish was that she was never had the chance to go to college.

Courtesy: Amy Chozick, New York Times.