Dorothy Howell Rodham
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| Dorothy Howell Rodham | |
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| Born | June 4, 1919 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| Known for | Mother of Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| Spouse | Hugh E. Rodham |
| Children | Hillary, Hugh, Tony |
Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham (born June 4, 1919)[1][2] is an American homemaker and mother of New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
She was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Edwin John Howell, Jr. (1897–1946), a Chicago firefighter,[3] and Della Murray (1902–1960).[4] Her sister is Isabelle Howell (born 1924).[3] The parents were dysfunctional and unhappy[5] and paid only sporadic attention to the children before divorcing in 1927.[3] The children were then sent on train by themselves[5] to live with their paternal grandparents in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra, California.[6][3] The sisters endured harsh treatment from the grandparents[5] and Dorothy left home at age 14, working as a nanny.[5] After Dorothy graduated from Alhambra High School in 1937,[7] she moved to Chicago for a failed reunion with her mother.[3][5] Subsequently, she moved into her own apartment there and took office jobs to support herself.[3]
While applying for a job as a clerk typist at a textile company, Dorothy met traveling salesman Hugh Ellsworth Rodham[3], eight years her senior, in 1937.[8] After a lengthy courtship, they married in early 1942.[3] She became a full-time homemaker, raising three children, Hillary, Hugh and Tony in suburban Park Ridge, Illinois. She encouraged Hillary to have a love for learning and to pursue an education and a career, though she had never done so herself.[5] In contrast to her husband's staunch Republican views,[9] Dorothy Rodham was, as her daughter later wrote, "basically a Democrat, although she kept it quiet in Republican Park Ridge."[3]
In 1987, Dorothy and her husband moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, to be closer to their daughter and granddaughter, Chelsea.[10] An excellent student as a youth, Dorothy Rodham now took college courses in subjects such as psychology, logic, and child development, although she never graduated.[3][10]
Hugh Rodham died in 1993. By the 2000s, Dorothy was living in her daughter's large Whitehaven house in Kalorama, Washington, D.C.[11][5] Dorothy Rodham is active but values her privacy and almost never speaks to the media,[5] though in December 2007 she made a rare public appearance in Iowa to campaign for her daughter's presidential nomination bid,[12] and later appeared in a Clinton campaign television advertisement.[13]
[edit] References
- ^ 1920 Cook Co., IL, U.S. Federal Census, Chicago, 2956 Michigan Ave., Jan. 8 & 9, Enumeration Dist. 66, Sheet 4 A, Page 73 A, Line 34, Dorothy Howell, 7 mons. old.
- ^ In Hillary Rodham Clinton's June 3, 2008 campaign appearance in New York City following the final primaries of her presidential campaign, she said her mother would be turning 89 the following day.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History, Simon & Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7432-2224-5, pp. 2–11.
- ^ William Addams Reitwiesner, "The Ancestors of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton", wargs.com. Accessed July 8, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Anne E. Kornblut. "A Mother's Strength, a Candidate's Ambition", Washington Post, 2007-09-23. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ 1930 Los Angeles Co., CA, U.S. Federal Census, San Gabriel Township, Alhambra City, 320 E. Park St., April 4, Enumeration Dist. 1406, Sheet 5 B, Page 108 B, Line 57.
- ^ Alhambra High School Yearbook, The Alhambran, 1937.
- ^ "Reader Q&A", The Times-Tribune, June 19, 2007. Accessed July 12, 2007.
- ^ Brock, David (1996). The Seduction of Hillary Rodham. The Free Press. ISBN 0-684-83451-0. p. 5.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Carl (2007). A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-3754-0766-9., p. 14.
- ^ Gerth, Jeff; Don Van Natta, Jr. (2007). Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-01742-6., p. 221.
- ^ Michael McAuliff. "Chelsea Clinton and Hillary's mom join the campaign in Iowa", New York Daily News, 2007-12-09. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
- ^ Kate Phillips. "Clinton Ad: Dorothy Speaks", The New York Times, 2007-12-13. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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