Clinton also criticized Calvin Klein and promised to become “computer-competent” in a series of syndicated columns that ran from 1995 to 2000.
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In the summer of 1995, Hillary Clinton became the author of her own syndicated column.
Called "a pure political tool, a wonderful reach into women's voters," by a political aide, the column was entitled "Talking It Over." (When the column launched, Congress was investigating the Clintons for real estate investments in the "Whitewater" scandal.) It appeared in papers from The Los Angeles Times to the New York Daily News and ran from summer 1995 to 2000. That amounted to over 220,000 words and almost 300 columns. BuzzFeed News read all of them.
Clinton wrote that she sent a letter to NASA as a teenager asking about her chances of becoming an astronaut and was told that "women weren't allowed."
"To be sure, girls today have more opportunities than they did 30 years ago. I remember how disappointed I was when, as a teen-ager, I wrote to NASA to inquire about my future prospects as an astronaut and received a letter back saying that women weren't allowed in the space program. (It didn't help to learn that my terrible eyesight would have disqualified me anyway!)
"Now, girls can realistically dream of flying in space, piloting jet fighters and running Fortune 500 companies. They can be Supreme Court justices, network television anchors and big-city police chiefs. Or they can choose full-time motherhood and homemaking. The point is, it's now a choice."
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