--- title: DNC: Parents Staying Up With Kids to Watch Hillary Clinton description: Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential nominee of a major political party, will address the audience at the Democratic National Convention. canonical: https://time.com/4429745/daughters-hillary-clinton-dnc/ author: Emma Ockerman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T23:47:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:49.154Z article:section: Politics og:title: People Are Staying Up With Their Daughters to Watch Clinton og:description: The first female presidential nominee of a major party will speak Thursday. og:url: https://time.com/4429745/daughters-hillary-clinton-dnc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Staying Up With Their Daughters to Watch Clinton twitter:description: The first female presidential nominee of a major party will speak Thursday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Are Staying Up With Their Daughters to Watch Hillary Clinton Speak 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) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4429745/daughters-hillary-clinton-dnc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4429745/daughters-hillary-clinton-dnc/"},"headline":"People Are Staying Up With Their Daughters to Watch Hillary Clinton Speak","datePublished":"2016-07-28T23:47:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:49.154Z","description":"Hillary Clinton will accept her nomination in the final speech of the Democratic National Convention","url":"https://time.com/4429745/daughters-hillary-clinton-dnc/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Hillary Clinton","Social Media","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Ockerman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4429745/daughters-hillary-clinton-dnc/","name":"People Are Staying Up With Their Daughters to Watch Hillary Clinton Speak"}}]}] ```