Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

This is a great book for raising one's feminist hackles and instilling a sense of fondness toward serious nerd baby Hillary. Also, like a lot of YA nonfiction I've been reading lately, it fills in some gaps in my own historical knowledge (I was a tween when Whitewater etc was happening and never bothered to look it up on Wikipedia).

I've seen reviews about how this is propaganda secretly sponsored by the Clinton campaign, which, okay, maybe? But Hillary didn't grant Karen Blumenthal any interviews for it, and it's targeted at the YA market who... will not be able to vote in the 2016 election, so...if it is propaganda it's off the mark a bit. But it does humanize Hillary in a way that a lot of articles about her fail to do. That's like, the whole point of biographies, though, and it also highlights some of her failings and missteps. Overall though, at least for me, it just fueled my general ire at all the extra hoops Hillary has had to jump through to be perceived as a competent human being. (I'm not saying this entitles her to be president or makes her the most qualified candidate, but I am saying HULK SMASH THE PATRIARCHY.)

I'd recommend it to nerdy youths who are interested in the election/recent history. Also, adults who don't understand what Whitewater is and/or would like to know more about Hillary besides “she is an ambitious monster woman.”

It also seems like this would be of high interest right now but will almost immediately become outdated since it ends with wondering whether or not Hillary will win the nomination this year.