Considering Hillary Rodham Clinton's upbringing in the suburban and very conservative town of Park Ridge, Illinois, in the 1950s, it is difficult to imagine that she could have been such an influential factor in his future liberal political identity. (Caroli 2014). Clinton came from a middle-class family that valued hard work and self-reliance. Her father, Hugh Rodham, was seen as a controversial, though influential, figure in her life. Being a strict republican, Rodham was true to his values ​​and was a ruling patriarch. Although described by Clinton as “critical” and “rather harsh” (Clinton 2003: 19), Hugh was also considered an oppressive father who rarely showed affection or approval towards his children. However, Rodham believed that all of his children would not be limited in opportunity or ability, especially Hillary, just because she was a girl. Regardless of his old-fashioned values, Rodham pushed Hillary to achieve them. Growing up with housework, summer jobs and holidays spent visiting coal miners. Hillary's future ability to identify with the working class would be attributed to Rodham. (Bernstein 2007: 21). In contrast to her father's influence, Dorothy Rodham was a quiet Democrat, which led Hillary to feel torn between the dissimilarity of her parents' advice and beliefs. Dorothy is considered the first and most dominant factor in her future interests in human rights, women and children in particular. Dorothy condemned the “mistreatment of any human being… and of those who are disadvantaged and discriminated against from birth” (Clinton 2003: 18). Having grown up in a generation where she had limited choices unlike her daughter, Dorothy encouraged Hillary to never hesitate to express her opinion or follow her goals. Dorothy wanted... middle of paper... was an ambassador for global women's issues, calling for them to take a larger political and economic role and condemning human rights violations such as sex trafficking and abuse. (Kamp 2013). The “Hillary effect” has enabled female empowerment and is expected to “reach 50% female political representation by 2050.” (Horansky 2012). Hillary also launched the Global Program on Hunger and Food Security and worked with the United Nations to fight global hunger and poverty, "a threat to the stability of governments and societies." (Clinton 2009). Overall, Hillary secured $832 million for global development projects. (Lemmon 2011). As a former First Lady and Senator, Hillary's fame allowed her to "raise issues on a global agenda that no one before her had been able to do" and she ended her term with respect and positive regard from of the international community.* 281