An Invitation to the White House; At Home with History Hardcover - 2000

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xi, [1], 311, [1] pages. Illustrations (color). Recipes from the White House Kitchens. Indexes. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Foreword by J. Carter Brown. Introduction by Carl Sferrazza Anthony. An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History is a 2000 e book written by First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton. It describes life at the White House during the Clinton administration, including the renovation and refurbishment projects that were done and the emphasis on American cuisine. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician who was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas and married Bill Clinton in 1975. In 1977, she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She was appointed the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978 and became the first female partner at Rose Law Firm the following year. As First Lady of Arkansas, she led a task force whose recommendations helped reform Arkansas's public schools. As First Lady of the United States, Clinton was an advocate for gender equality and healthcare reform. In 2000, Clinton was elected as the first female Senator from New York. She was re-elected to the Senate in 2006.