--- title: Hillary Clinton Honors Mom in Mother's Day Excerpt of New Memoir description: "No one had a bigger influence on my life or did more to shape the person I became," Clinton writes in an excerpt published by Vogue canonical: https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-11T18:12:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:01:21.096Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Hillary Clinton Honors Mom in Mother's Day Excerpt of New Memoir og:description: "No one had a bigger influence on my life or did more to shape the person I became," Clinton writes in an excerpt published by Vogue og:url: https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5f036c07c03e24/69868edc06f2c104ce32ed42/rtx4i9v.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: U.S. Presidential candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks on stage with her mother Dorothy Rodham, during a rally in Des Moines og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Honors Mom in Mother's Day Excerpt of New Memoir twitter:description: "No one had a bigger influence on my life or did more to shape the person I became," Clinton writes in an excerpt published by Vogue twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5f036c07c03e24/69868edc06f2c104ce32ed42/rtx4i9v.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Reflects on Her Late Mom and Becoming a Grandmother > Sponsored content. 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Despite its image, Mother’s Day has a somewhat sordid past — including one founder who hated the holiday and eventually died in a sanitarium._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 11, 2014 6:12 PM UTC  Then U.S. presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton on stage with her mother Dorothy Rodham during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 7, 2007 Then U.S. presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton on stage with her mother Dorothy Rodham during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 7, 2007Jason Reed—Reuters  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 11, 2014 6:12 PM UTC Hillary Clinton has been thinking a lot about her own mother as her daughter Chelsea [expects her first child](http://time.com/67311/chelsea-clinton-is-pregnant/), the former Secretary of State [writes in an excerpt from her new memoir](http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hillary-clinton-book-hard-choices/#1), _Hard Choices_. Dorothy Howell Rodham, who passed away in 2011, helped inspire Clinton’s passion for public service after overcoming an abusive childhood in Chicago. “Mom helped Chelsea navigate the unique challenges of growing up in the public eye and, when she was ready, encouraged her to pursue her passion for service and philanthropy,” she writes in the excerpt published in [_Vogue_](http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hillary-clinton-book-hard-choices/#1) from her upcoming book. “Even in her 90s, Mom never lost her commitment to social justice, which did so much to mold and inspire me when I was growing up. I loved that she was able to do the same for Chelsea.” Clinton also writes in the excerpt about the blessings and challenges of taking care of an aging parent. “Mom was a fighter her entire life, but it was finally time to let go,” she writes. “I sat by her bedside and held her hand one last time. No one had a bigger influence on my life or did more to shape the person I became.” You can hear Clinton [read the excerpt](http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hillary-clinton-book-hard-choices/#1) aloud over on _Vogue_‘s website. [_Hard Choices_](http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Choices-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton/dp/1476751447/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399829986&sr=8-1&keywords=hillary+clinton+hard+choices) hits bookstore shelves June 10. \[[_Vogue_](http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/hillary-clinton-book-hard-choices/#1)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Reflects on Her Late Mom and Becoming a Grandmother","datePublished":"2014-05-11T18:12:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:01:21.096Z","description":"\"No one had a bigger influence on my life or did more to shape the person I became,\" Clinton writes about Dorothy Howell Rodham, who passed away in 2011, in a excerpt from Hard Choices published on Mother's Day in Vogue","url":"https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/","keywords":["2016 elections","Hillary Clinton","Books","chelsea clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5f036c07c03e24/69868edc06f2c104ce32ed42/rtx4i9v.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b5f036c07c03e24/69868edc06f2c104ce32ed42/rtx4i9v.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Presidential candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks on stage with her mother Dorothy Rodham, during a rally in Des Moines","caption":"U.S. Presidential candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks on stage with her mother Dorothy Rodham, during a rally in Des Moines","creditText":"Jason Reed—Reuters","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/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-elections/","name":"2016 elections"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/","name":"Hillary Clinton Reflects on Her Late Mom and Becoming a Grandmother"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Time Explains: Mother’s Day’s Dark History","description":"Despite its image, Mother’s Day has a somewhat sordid past — including one founder who hated the holiday and eventually died in a sanitarium.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Q9UI0i1S/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-09T23:29:35.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Q9UI0i1S.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/","duration":"PT2M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/95414/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-memoir/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```