Betsy Elich Vandercook, like Hillary Rodham Clinton, grew up in Park Ridge, Ill. Unlike Hillary, her hero became Eugene Debs rather than Saul Alinsky.
Still, she enjoys writing stories about her childhood classmate and will be performing a new Hillary piece — “Tidying Up Hillary” — on January 21 and 27, at the 2018 Fillet of Soul Festival at the Lifeline Theater in Chicago. After that, she looks forward to writing about something else.
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Hillary
A friend of Hillary's confronts her collection of memorabilia on the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration
Betsy Vandercook
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Remembering Hillary’s Entry into Politics—For Junior High President
The story of Hillary Clinton's first campaign and her outrage at Nixon's 1960 defeat—plus her famous chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Betsy Vandercook
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Hillary for Class President
Chocolate Chip Cookies and Her Eighth Grade Campaign
Betsy Vandercook
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