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Dorothy Emma Rodham (née Howell; June 4, 1919 – November 1, 2011) was an American homemaker and the mother of former First Lady of the United States, First Lady, U.S. Senator, United States Secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Early life Dorothy Howell was born in Chicago, the elder of two daughters of Edwin John Howell Jr. (1897–1946), a Chicago firefighter, and Della Murray (1902–1960). She had a younger sister, Isabelle (born 1924). Her ancestry consisted of Welsh, English, Scottish, French, and distant Dutch heritage; her paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Bedminster, Bristol in England, and many of her recent forebears had lived in Canada. Her childhood has been described as Dickensian. The family lived as boarders in a crowded house. The parents were dysfunctional and unhappy and sometimes prone to violent fights; they moved Dorothy around various schools, and paid only occasional att ...
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