How Clinton’s, Sanders’ Political Lives Began in Chicago, Suburbs
via Daily Herald
“While they appeal to dramatically different sectors within the Democratic Party, presidential bidders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have something in common: Both spent formative years in the Chicago area, where the local political climate provided a fertile ground to get their start in public service and activism.
A glimpse into the rivals’ lives in the 1960s lends an early look into the candidates they would later become — Sanders, a rumpled student activist, was using a megaphone to rail against the University of Chicago establishment around the same time Clinton was emerging as a civic-minded perfectionist who participated in a dizzying array of clubs and activities at a new Maine South High School in Park Ridge.
Clinton, then known as Hillary Rodham, emerged as a student leader early in her school days, recalls Betsy Ebeling of Arlington Heights, one of the oldest and closest friends of the former first lady and secretary of state.”
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