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Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton: The Book of Gutsy Women

October 07, 2019

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Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, join the National Constitution Center as they unveil their new book, The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience. The Clintons share the stories of the women who have inspired them throughout history and around the globe. Joy Reid, MSNBC political analyst and host of AM Joy, moderates. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, provides welcome remarks. 

 

 

Participants

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first woman in American history to be the presidential nominee of a major political party. Clinton served as served as the 67th Secretary of State, after previously serving as the U.S. Senator for the State of New York and the First Lady of the United States.
     
  • Chelsea Clinton is a long time advocate of girls and women through her advocacy, writing, and work at the Clinton Foundation. She is also adjunct assisstant professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
     
  • Joy Reid is a political analyst for MSNBC and the host of AM Joy. She is also the author of the book Fracture: Barrack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide, co-editor of We are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barrack Obama, and a columnist for The Daily Beast.  
     
  • ​​​​​​Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
     

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