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Author

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Formats

Book, CD

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Hillary Clinton's candid reflections about the key moments during her time as Secretary of State, as well as her thoughts about how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.

2) Condoleezza Rice: a memoir of my extraordinary, ordinary family and me

Author

Rice, Condoleezza

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IL: MG+ - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12

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A look at one of America's most outstanding women, from her remarkable childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s through her rise to the highest echelons of power in the U.S. government.

3) Condoleezza Rice

Author

Cunningham, Kevin

Series

Journey to freedom

Pub. Date

2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1

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A biography of Condoleezza Rice.

4) Madam Secretary

Author

Albright, Madeleine Korbel

Formats

Book, Audio Cassette, Large Print

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From her beginnings as a political refugee from Czechoslovakia to becoming the first woman U.S. Secretary of State under the Clinton administration, 'Madam Secretary' reveals the public and private sides of Madeleine Albright.

5) Who is Hillary Clinton?

Author

Alexander, Heather

Series

Who was-- ?
Who was...?
Who was ?
Who Was?

Pub. Date

2016

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

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Who Is Hillary Clinton? Readers of our At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out rejection: the space program didn't take women. It was a critical moment for the young girl, one that made her realize the world she lived in needed changing and that she had better try to make those changes happen. Clinton's life has been a thrilling series of firsts—First...

6) Hell and other destinations: a 21st-century memoir

Author

Albright, Madeleine Korbel

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright - one of the world’s most admired and tireless public servants - reflects on the final stages of one’s career, and working productively into your later decades in this revealing, funny, and inspiring memoir. In 2001, when Madeleine Albright was leaving office as America’s first female secretary of state, interviewers asked her how she wished to be remembered. “I don’t want to be remembered”,...

7) Hillary Rodham Clinton

Author

Egan, Jill

Series

People we should know

Pub. Date

2010

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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

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As one of the most powerful women in the politics, Hillary Clinton is known throughout the world. For eight years, she was the first lady of the United States. In 2000, she was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first spouse of a former U.S. president to embark on a political career of her own. Today, she continues to serve her country as the U.S. secretary of state.

8) No higher honor: a memoir of my years in Washington

Author

Rice, Condoleezza

Pub. Date

[2011]

Description

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A former national security advisor and Secretary of State offers the compelling story of her eight years serving at the highest levels of government, including the difficult job she faced in the wake of 9/11

9) Hillary Rodham Clinton: some girls are born to lead

Author

Markel, Michelle

Pub. Date

2016.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

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A picture-book "portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton, a girl who fought to make a difference--and paved the way for women everywhere"--Amazon.com.

10) Madeleine Albright

Author

Howard, Megan

Series

Biography

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3

11) Madam Secretary: a biography of Madeleine Albright

Author

Blood, Thomas

Pub. Date

[1997]

Description

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A biography of the first woman U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, describing ten periods in her life that explain her ability to triumph over adversity and her success in politics.

12) Extraordinary, ordinary people: a memoir of family

Author

Rice, Condoleezza

Series

A blue banner biography

Description

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Condoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman - and the first black woman ever -- to serve as Secretary of State. But until she was 25 she never learned to swim. Not because she wouldn't...

13) Condoleezza Rice: Americas leading stateswoman

Author

Ditchfield, Christin

Series

Great life stories

Pub. Date

[2007]

Description

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Introduces National Security Officer, Condoleezza Rice, from her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama to becoming America's leading stateswoman

14) Elizabeth Dole A Leader in Washington

Author

Lucas, Eileen

Series

Gateway biographies

Pub. Date

c1998

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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A biography of Elizabeth Dole, discussing her childhood in North Carolina, her elementary and college days, her political accomplishments, and her marriage to presidential candidate Bob Dole.

15) Unlikeable: the problem with Hillary

Author

Klein, Edward

Pub. Date

2015.

Description

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Presents a critical assessment of Hillary Clinton to consider why she may not be a popular choice for the American presidency.

16) Madeleine Albright

Author

Hasday, Judy L

Pub. Date

[1999]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 4

Description

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Focuses on the accomplishments of the former United States ambassador to the United Nations who became the first woman to serve as Secretary of State.

17) The secretary: a journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the heart of American power

Author

Ghattas, Kim

Pub. Date

2013.

Description

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The first inside account to be published about Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state, anchored by Ghattas's own perspective and her quest to understand America's place in the world.