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# People Are Staying Up With Their Daughters to Watch Hillary Clinton Speak

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by 

[Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/)


## Emma Ockerman


Jul 28, 2016 11:47 PM UTC

by 

[Emma Ockerman](https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/)


## Emma Ockerman


Jul 28, 2016 11:47 PM UTC

Parents across the country are asking their daughters to turn on the TV tonight, and [watch a woman make history.](http://time.com/4429397/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech/?xid=homepage)

Hillary Clinton, the [first female presidential nominee](http://motto.time.com/4425974/dnc-powerful-women-quotes/?iid=sr-link1) of a major political party, will address the audience at the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia in person for the first time. Clinton, [who was nominated Tuesday](http://time.com/4424365/dnc-hillary-clinton-nomination/), will be[ introduced by her daughter, Chelsea](http://motto.time.com/4428881/chelsea-clinton-ivanka-trump-election/?iid=sr-link2).

Clinton’s speech will be the final address of the DNC, and she’s expected to begin sometime between 10 and 11 p.m.

Here’s what parents are saying on Twitter:

> [](https://twitter.com/JenningsTamra/status/758785747730231297)

> [](https://twitter.com/beth%5Fbolt/status/758707381865811969)

> [](https://twitter.com/diyclassics/status/758785637159956480)


> [](https://twitter.com/wendymfontaine/status/758778060304846849)

> [](https://twitter.com/marajvan/status/758723250574602243)

> [](https://twitter.com/therealdickey06/status/758661148862517248)


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