--- description: Hillary Clinton delivered the graduation speech at her alma mater Wellesley College Friday morning title: Read Hillary Clinton's Wellesley College Commencement Address image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7365251d7228625f/6988cf26196cf4611404051d/gettyimages-688717548.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Hillary Clinton's Wellesley College Commencement Address by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2017 6:37 PM CUT  Hillary Clinton speaks at commencement at Wellesley College May 26, 2017 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969. Hillary Clinton speaks at commencement at Wellesley College May 26, 2017 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969.Darren McCollester—Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 26, 2017 6:37 PM CUT _Hillary Clinton delivered the commencement speech at her alma mater Wellesley College Friday morning._ _Clinton touched upon her own time at the school — she majored in political science at Wellesley and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 1969 before attending to Yale Law School — and discussed losing the presidential election. While not mentioning him by name, she also made references to President Donald Trump and his administration._ _Here is a full transcript of her speech:_ --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4796240/hillary-clinton-wellesley-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4796240/hillary-clinton-wellesley-speech/"},"headline":"Read Hillary Clinton's Wellesley College Commencement Address","datePublished":"2017-05-26T18:37:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:08:42.654Z","description":"Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969","url":"https://time.com/4796240/hillary-clinton-wellesley-speech/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","Education","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7365251d7228625f/6988cf26196cf4611404051d/gettyimages-688717548.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7365251d7228625f/6988cf26196cf4611404051d/gettyimages-688717548.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hillary-clinton-wellesley-commencement-speech","caption":"Hillary Clinton Delivers Commencement Address At Wellesley College","creditText":"Darren McCollester—Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4796240/hillary-clinton-wellesley-speech/","name":"Read Hillary Clinton's Wellesley College Commencement Address"}}]}] ```