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Mark the beginning of hillarys political evolution. >> she and i were goldwater girls together in park ridge and set up the republican headquarters for goldwater. and then we went away to college. >> in the fall of 1965, hillary arrived at wellesley college, an elite, all-womens school outside boston. >> it was a huge change because suddenly she was at wellesley and hillarys upbringing had been very sheltered compared to these girls. >> when janet hill arrived at wellesley that same fall, she, t...

At exercising leadership. >> alan schechter was hillarys political science professor and faculty adviser. >> she was very interested in the major issues of the era, issues of race, gender, poverty. >> issues that would soon push hillary to abandon her republican roots and begin leading the way for change. >> she was no doubt the leader of not just the senior class but the entire college. >> it was that leadership which led her classmates to insist that hillary be their voice at graduation. >> th...

>> it was a huge change because suddenly she was at wellesley and hillarys upbringing had been very sheltered compared to these girls. >> when janet hill arrived at wellesley that same fall, she, too, felt a fish out of water and quickly bonded with hillary. >> i found her to be friendly and easy to get along with. >> when hillary was at wellesley college, she was very popular and it was popularity that results from exercising leadership and being successful at exercising leadership. >> alan sch...