Chelsea Clinton’s Accomplishments May Surprise you

by Jill Bond

Chelsea Clinton is often targeted by Republicans who have nothing better to do than tear down a woman who is, simply put — brilliant.

She’s turned the other cheek to harsh and vicious attacks from right-wing zealots like Rush Limbaugh while still an adolescent in the White House. The right likes to label her as ugly and claim she’s where she is today solely because she’s ridden her parents’ coattails. But the real ugliness lies in the hearts of those right-wing extremists who have no idea what real brains and compassion looks like.

In order to make it clear to Chelsea’s detractors that she is actually a very learned and accomplished young woman in her own right, here’s an abbreviated list of some of her achievements:

• Chelsea is so intelligent that she skipped the third grade.
• She was a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist at the age of 17.
• During her teenage years she was active in Model United Nations — an extracurricular activity in which students typically role play as delegates to the United Nations.
• She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in History.
• She earned her master’s degree in International Relations from Oxford University.
• In 2003, she joined McKinsey & Company as a consultant, becoming the youngest person in her class to be hired.
• Clinton completed a Master of Public Health degree at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in 2010 and began teaching there in 2012.
• She’s serves as vice-chairperson for the Clinton Foundation and serves on the board of the School of American Ballet and IAC.
• In 2010, she began serving as Assistant Vice-Provost for the Global Network University of New York University, working on international recruitment strategies.
• She is the co-founder of the Of Many Institute for Multi-faith Leadership at NYU and serves as its co-chair.

The GOP crying nepotism over Chelsea Clinton is really rich, because…Bush(s).

Not only are the Bushes products of nepotism, they’ve gotten fat eating at the public trough, and yet the haters go after Chelsea who’s never worked in the public sector. Please.

Chelsea’s work alone toward advancing women’s equal access, representation, and compensation in communities around the world is enough to make me love her. She has already accomplished more in her thirty-odd years than I would ever dream to.

So I think we can safely put to rest the baseless assumptions and attacks made by those who are obviously jealous of the fact that Chelsea Clinton is intelligent, highly educated, and accomplished, and is making a real difference in the world in which we all live.

I can hardly wait to see what a marvelous woman Chelsea’s daughter Charlotte grows up to be.