“I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life.”

— Hillary Clinton

Response to reporter's questions (16 March 1992), reported on "Making Hillary an Issue" Nightline (26 March 1992). Quoted in Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/07/11/the_great_bush_kerry_bake_off/. <br class="br">Husband's Presidential campaign (1992 – January 19, 1993)

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