--- title: See Rare Photos of a Young Hillary Clinton description: TIME offers rare photos of Hillary Clinton as a college student and young woman in college and with Bill. canonical: https://time.com/4426298/hillary-clinton-rare-photos/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-27T23:28:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:59:40.324Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Rare Photos of a Young Hillary Clinton og:description: In college and with Bill. og:url: https://time.com/4426298/hillary-clinton-rare-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt426073e7e60d3c4b/69889fa68e06010792466e98/hillary-clinton-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: hillary-clinton-001 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Rare Photos of a Young Hillary Clinton twitter:description: In college and with Bill. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt426073e7e60d3c4b/69889fa68e06010792466e98/hillary-clinton-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Rare Photos of a Young Hillary Clinton > Sponsored content. 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Hillary at Lake Waban on the Wellesley College Campus, 1969.Courtesy Wellesley College Archives by [TIME Photo Department](https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Jul 27, 2016 11:28 PM UTC Hillary Clinton: little girl smiling in a white dress with a bicycle behind her. Hillary: splashing the water with her feet while attending college. Clinton: meeting President Ronald Reagan with her husband, Bill. Rarely seen photos of the Democratic presidential nominee reveal the human behind the First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State and all the other titles that attached to a woman who has been at the pinnacle of American politics for 25 years. This gallery traces Clinton’s development growth from a young girl to a college student and then wife to Bill. The photos have a deeply personal nature. Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, will speak Thursday at the Democratic National Convention. Bill spoke on Tuesday night, calling his wife the “[best darn change maker](http://time.com/4425554/dnc-bill-clinton-first-guy/)” he has ever known; as President Barack Obama cast Hillary as the only choice for the presidency during his speech Wednesday night to the DNC. **Read More:** [_Hillary Clinton Is the Hardest One to Know_](http://time.com/4416693/hillary-clinton-hardest-to-know/)  Hillary at Lake Waban on the Wellesley College Campus, 1969. Wellesley College Archives  Hillary, c. 1960. Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library  Hillary at Lake Waban on the Wellesley College Campus, 1969. Courtesy Wellesley College Archives  Hillary as an intern with Congress, Summer 1968. Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library  Hillary joins students and a faculty member at the Wellesley College Alumnae Council Student Panel, 1968. Courtesy Wellesley College Archives  Hillary (center) attends a student rally at Wellesley College, October 8, 1968. Wellesley College Archives  Hillary (center) attends a student rally at Wellesley College, October 8, 1968. Courtesy Wellesley College Archives  Hillary at commencement with Ruth M. Adams, president of Wellesley, and distinguished guests, 1969. Wellesley College Archives  Bill and Hillary at Yale Law School, 1972. Courtesy Clinton Foundation  Hillary (bottom right) and her classmates at Yale, 1973. Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library  Hillary and Bill on their wedding day, October 11, 1975. Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library  Hillary and Bill on their wedding day, October 11, 1975. Courtesy Clinton Foundation  Hillary and Bill playing volleyball, Fayetteville, N.C., 1975. Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library  Hillary, c. 1979. Courtesy Butler Center, Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock  Hillary and Bill, c. 1979. Courtesy Butler Center, Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock  Hillary and Bill, c. 1979. Courtesy Butler Center, Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock  Hillary and Bill, c. 1979. Courtesy Butler Center, Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock  Hillary and Bill meeting President Reagan, March 1983. Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library  Hillary, c. 1976 or 1980. Courtesy Butler Center, Arkansas Studies Institute, Little Rock  Bill and Hillary Clinton celebrate victory in the Democratic runoff in Little Rock, Ark. June 8, 1982. 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