529_allie's Reviews > Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight
by Kathleen Krull, Amy June Bates
by Kathleen Krull, Amy June Bates
Hillary Rodham Clinton grew up during a time that girls weren't allowed to do everything that boys were. After writing to the national space agency to volunteer she found out that girls could not be astronauts. Undeterred and with the never ending support of her parents, she continued to go after her dreams. Hillary was a star student and a natural leader. When running for vice president of her class a boy said she was "really stupid if she thought a girl could be elected president." It seems that Hillary kept these words in mind as she moved forward in life. Through college and law school, she ignored anyone who thought girls couldn't accomplish what boys could. When her husband was elected presidents, she was a new kind of first lady, one tried to get a lot done. Upon the completion of her husband's presidency, Hillary realized she wanted to make a difference in the world. So she ran for senator and won. Eventually she in the primary for the democratic candidate for president. As we all know how the story goes, she did not win. However along the way she taught little girls and big girls everywhere that you can accomplish your goals if you never give up.
This book tells the story of a girl who has many dreams, but has to work twice as hard to accomplish them because she is a girl. No matter what your political beliefs one cannot argue that Hillary Rodham Clinton is a role model to girls everywhere on how to accomplish your goals. On each page of this book there are motivational quotes. One interesting note, is that her husband is never mentioned by name instead the story focuses solely on Hillary and her accomplishments.
This book tells the story of a girl who has many dreams, but has to work twice as hard to accomplish them because she is a girl. No matter what your political beliefs one cannot argue that Hillary Rodham Clinton is a role model to girls everywhere on how to accomplish your goals. On each page of this book there are motivational quotes. One interesting note, is that her husband is never mentioned by name instead the story focuses solely on Hillary and her accomplishments.
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Nov 09, 2010 07:34am
Allie, awesome review! I love that you chose this book because I have never heard of it and now I want to read it! I love that there is a strong female character that has to work exceedingly hard to get what she wants- that reminds me of myself! I think that my students could benefit from reading this book to see that women can change the world just as much as men can. In so many fairy tales and other books we read show men making the decisions or changing things. What a breath of fresh air to teach children that women can do that too! I also love that the book chooses to omit Bill Clinton from the story and simply focus of Hillary. How would you use this book in the early grades? Would you use it to teach about biographies? Female leads? Thanks for the awesome review!
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I know that it is often the "fashion" to write biographies of current political leaders for children, but it sounds like this book is a well-done text that communicates some serious messages about gender inequality. How does the book handle her presidential run? I ask because of all the awful press and commentary she got while running -- so much of which was gender-based and absolutely horrifying because you would have thought in this day and age that such comments would be off-limits. As a high school teacher, I could use such a book to teach my students that everything in America is not equal yet for both genders despite the fact that a woman ran for president.
