Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at the White House after serving as First Lady of Arkansas for 12 years. During that time she had managed many roles: wife, mother, and homemaker; full-time partner in a law firm;and chairwoman of an education commitee that set public school standards in Arkansas. On many occasions Hillary Clinton has spoken about the need "to find the right balance in our lives. "For her, the elements of that balance are family , …showed first 75 words of 302 total…

…showed last 75 words of 302 total…was there, too, that she met Bill Clinton, a fellow student. In 1973 Hillary became a staff attorney for the Children's defense fund. A year later she was recruited by the impeachement inquiry staff of the judiciary Commitee of the house of representitives. Hillary left Washington and "followed her heart to Arkansas," marrying Bill Clinton in 1975. the couple taught togetheron the law faculty of the University of Arkansas in fayetteville. Their daughter, chelsea, was born in 1980.