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"One Of Us', 'One Of Us'.
Wellesley Class Sees One of Us Bearing StandardFor her Wellesley classmates, Hillary Clintons quest to become the first female president is a generational mirror. Some like what they see; others are less certain. They were there for her fiery commencement speech, delivered at the height of the Vietnam War, when she described her classs search for a "more immediate, ecstatic and penetrating mode of living" and said that every protest was "unabashedly an attempt to forge an identity in this particular age." The speech landed Hillary Rodham in the spotlight as a celebrated archetype of a new generation of women. We were very proud of her: she was a feminist; she was outspoken, said Jane Moss, a classmate who now teaches French at Colby College. "Hillary was speaking for all of us, for a generation that felt we werent being heard..."  Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-04-14 |
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