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2、upportandloveblessedmyheartandsustainedmeintheyearsoflivinghistory.AUTHOR’SNOTEIn1959,Iwrotemyautobiographyforanassignmentinsixthgrade.Intwenty-ninepages,mosthalf-filledwithearnestscrawl,Idescribedmyparents,brothers,pets,house,hobbies,school,sportsandplansforthefutu
3、re.Forty-twoyearslater,Ibeganwritingan-othermemoir,thisoneabouttheeightyearsIspentintheWhiteHouselivinghistorywithBillClinton.IquicklyrealizedthatIcouldn’texplainmylifeasFirstLadywithoutgoingbacktothebeginning―howIbecamethewomanIwasthatfirstdayIwalkedintotheWhiteHou
4、seonJanuary20,1993,totakeonanewroleandexperiencesthatwouldtestandtransformmeinunexpectedways.BythetimeIcrossedthethresholdoftheWhiteHouse,Ihadbeenshapedbymyfam-ilyupbringing,education,religiousfaithandallthatIhadlearnedbefore―asthedaugh-terofastaunchconservativefath
5、erandamoreliberalmother,astudentactivist,anadvo-cateforchildren,alawyer,Bill’swifeandChelsea’smom.Foreachchapter,thereweremoreideasIwantedtodiscussthanspaceallowed;morepeopletoincludethancouldbenamed;moreplacesvisitedthancouldbedescribed.IfImentionedeverybodywhohasi
6、mpressed,inspired,taught,influencedandhelpedmealongtheway,thisbookwouldbeseveralvolumeslong.AlthoughI’vehadtobeselec-tive,IhopethatI’veconveyedthepushandpullofeventsandrelationshipsthataffectedmeandcontinuetoshapeandenrichmyworldtoday.SinceleavingtheWhiteHouseIhavee
7、mbarkedonanewphaseofmylifeasaU.S.SenatorfromNewYork,ahumblinganddauntingresponsibility.AcompleteaccountofmymovetoNewYork,campaignfortheSenateandthehonorofworkingforthepeoplewhoelectedmewillhavetobetoldanothertime,butIhopethismemoirillustrateshowmysuccessasacandidate
8、fortheSenatearoseoutofmyWhiteHouseexperiences.DuringmyyearsasFirstLady,Ibecameabetterstudentofhowgovernmentcanservepeople,howCongressreall