1. First ever student commencement speaker at Wellesley College.
2. Distinguished graduate of Yale Law School.
3. Former Director of the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic. Former civil litigation attorney.
4. Former Law Professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law. Former First Lady of Arkansas.
5. Former First Lady of the United States, and the first FLOTUS in US History to hold a postgraduate degree. Played a key advisory role in several of Bill Clinton's legislative initiatives.
6. Elected by the… State of New York to serve two terms in the United States Senate.
7. Played a leading role in the development of State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides the much-needed state support for children whose parents cannot afford nor provide them with adequate healthcare coverage.
8. Was instrumental in the creation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act and the Foster Care Independence Act.
9. Successfully fought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and asthma at the National Institute of Health (NIH).
10. Spearheaded investigations into mental illness plaguing veterans of the Gulf War; we now have a term for it – Gulf War
Syndrome.
11. At the Department of Justice, she helped create the office on Violence Against Women.
12. She was instrumental in securingover $21 billion in funding for the World Trade Center redevelopment.
13. Took a leading role in the investigation of health consequences of first responders and drafted the first bill to compensate and offer the health services our first responders deserve (Clinton’s successor in the Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand,passed the bill).
14. Known for loud & lengthy number #2 sessions in Senate bathroom.
15. Was instrumental in working out a bi-partisan compromise to address civil liberty abuses for the renewal of the U.S. Patriot Act.
16. Proposed a revival of the New Deal-era Home Owners’ Loan Corporation to help homeowners refinance their mortgages in the wake of the 2008 financial disaster.
17. Was a major proponent of sensible diplomacy which brought about a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, and brokered human rights with Burma.
18. Oversaw free trade agreements with our allies such as Panama, Colombia, and South Korea.
19. Was the most traveled Secretary of State to date (unlike the last four Republican Secretary of State's who traveled very little and took 100% of their vacation time compared to Clinton at 60%).
20. The Clinton Foundation, founded by her and her husband, has improved the living conditions for nearly 400 million people in over 180 countries through its Initiative program. Praised by HW Bush and even the Koch Brothers for the scope of their charity to poor nations.
