Who Is Hillary Clinton? [Paperback]

Who Is Hillary Clinton? Readers of ourNew York Timesbest-selling series can find out now!

At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out rejection: the space program didn't take women. It was a critical moment for the young girl, one that made her realize the world she lived in needed changing and that she had better try to make those changes happen. Clinton's life has been a thrilling series of firsts—First Lady of the US, then first First Lady to become a US Senator, Secretary of State, and the first woman to run as the Democratic candidate for President. This easy-to-read biography gives readers a firm grounding not only in Clinton's life history but the history of the times in which she's lived. It comes out as she makes her historic run for the White House.Heather Alexander has written numerous books for children, including the nonfictionA Child's Introduction to ArtandA Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology, and the fiction seriesThe Amazing Stardust Friends. She is a former children's book editor and lives in New Jersey.Who Is Hillary Clinton?
 
When Hillary Rodham was thirteen years old, she wanted to become an astronaut. It was 1961. In one of his speeches, President John F. Kennedy promised that American astronauts would land on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Hillary dreamed of flying into outer space.
 
The idea was exciting and challenging, and that made Hillary want to do it even more. Hillary was not afraid of doing things few people had tried. So she wrote a letter to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). NASA is in charge of the United States’ space program. She asked what she needed to do to become an astronaut.
 
Several weeks later, a letter came. It read: “We’re not interested in women astronauts.”
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