Despite their hectic schedules, the Clintons made their only child the center of their busy lives. Chelsea's father kept a small desk for his daughter in his office and had breakfast with her every morning. Hillary interrupted her schedule to talk to Chelsea when she came home from school, helped out on class field trips, and frequently left loving messages at Forest Park Elementary School for Chelsea while she was away on business.
Determined to foster independence and intellectual curiosity, the Clintons often pushed Chelsea hard to succeed.
The precocious girl began studying ballet at the age of 4, skipped the third grade, and learned how to invest in the stock market when she was barely 11. After reading an article in a life sciences class that discussed the detrimental effects red meat has on the body, Chelsea also became a strict vegetarian.
But Chelsea, who was used to being shielded from her parents' very public jobs, experienced a huge life change in 1993, when her father was elected the 42nd President of the United States. As the pre-teen child of the new First Family, Chelsea experienced intense media scrutiny. Entering an awkward, adolescent phase of her life didn't help matters, and the young Clinton often endured jokes about her appearance. As a result of the intense publicity, the Clintons developed an unspoken pact with the press that Chelsea was strictly off limits.
Outside of the White House, Chelsea parents encouraged her to live as normal a life as possible. She attended Sidwell Friends School, where she excelled in history and science, and began taking ballet courses at the Washington School of Ballet.
During her teenage years, she was so active and involved—pursuing a role in the Model United Nations, practicing for theatre and ballet performances, and even attending math camp—that she reportedly earned the Secret Service code name "Energy." In April 1995, Chelsea made what some called a "debut" to the national media, when she joined her mother on a tour of India. The press gave her positive reviews, and made special note of her intelligence and compassion.
In 1997, Chelsea made the decision to attend Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, with the intention of studying pre-med. Now an adult, she became a frequent topic in the press, who made headlines out of her romantic relationships with fellow student Matthew Pierce, as well as former White House intern Jeremy Kane. In addition to this pressure, her sophomore year was fraught with complications from the news of her father's affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
It was during this time that she brought the family together, both publicly and privately. According to her mother's memoirs, Chelsea was present during the meeting in which her father and his advisers debated how to acknowledge his affair with the nation. When her parents were first seen together again after the news, Chelsea was there as well, symbolically clasping the hands of both parents in public.Chelsea Clinton was born on Wednesday, February 27, 1980 and is a famous business man.
Being born on Feb 27, Chelsea is a Pisces.
Chelsea Clinton had studied at Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC (1997) and then Chelsea attended the Stanford University (2001) MPhil International Relations, University College, Oxford University (2003). Chelsea dated Jake Gyllenhaal and amongst other amorous encounters was Marc Mezvinsky.Chelsea Clinton is the daughter of former U.S. president Bill Clinton and Secretary of State (and former First Lady) Hillary Clinton. Chelsea Clinton was 12 when Bill Clinton was elected president. She began studies at Stanford University in 1997, graduating four years later with a history degree. She then studied at University College at Oxford, where her father was a Rhodes Scholar (1968-70); Chelsea earned a master's degree in international relations in 2003. Although she was mostly shielded from media scrutiny while living in the White House, as an adult she began to be featured in gossip columns as she associated with celebrities like Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow. After Oxford she joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in 2003. Chelsea Clinton began working as an investment analyst at Avenue Capital Group, a New York hedge fund, in 2006, and made many appearances for her mother's unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008. Her mother became U.S. Secretary of State under President Barack Obama in 2009. In November of that year, Chelsea Clinton announced her engagement to Marc Mezvinsky, an investment banker. The couple were wed on 31 July 2010.
Extra credit: The Clintons reportedly named their daughter in honor of the Joni Mitchell tune "Chelsea Morning"... Clinton Clinton studied at Oxford but was not, like her father, a Rhodes Scholar... Marc Mezvinsky is the son of two-term (1973-77) Iowa Congressman Edward Mezvinsky and of Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, who served one term as a Congressman from Pennsylvania (1993-95). Edward Mezvinsky was indicted for fraud in 2001 and served 80 months in prison; he was released in April 2008.
Other children of national leaders include the Bush Twins, Caroline Kennedy, John Quincy Adams and British princes William and Harry.
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