First published 2016
Hillary Clinton sits down to write her NASA application at fourteen, dreaming of space travel. The rejection letter arrives with crushing news: women cannot join the space program. This moment sparks something fierce in the young Clinton. She decides the world must change, and she will be the one to change it. Clinton transforms her disappointment into determination, launching a career of historic achievements. She becomes First Lady, then breaks new ground as the first former First Lady elected to the Senate. She serves as Secretary of State and makes history again as the first woman to secure a major party's presidential nomination. The biography traces Clinton's path through decades of American political change. It shows how one rejection letter set a girl on course to shatter barriers that seemed unbreakable.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, political-science, 21st-century, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: glass-ceiling, overcoming-adversity
Setting: NASA
Period: 20th Century, 21st Century
112 pages · Paperback · Penguin Workshop