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Hillaryland
Hillaryland
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Apr 27, 2027
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ABOUT
From Hillary Rodham Clinton’s former chief speechwriter Lissa Muscatine, the exclusive inside story of Hillaryland – how this group of women were brought together under the roof of American democracy and forged a new path for women in politics
When Bill Clinton won the 1992 presidential election, the role of the First Lady had changed little in decades, remaining largely ceremonial and undefined, carrying no job description and no budgetary or legislative influence. But Hillary Rodham Clinton intended to change that, and Lissa Muscatine would soon find herself on the front lines of this transformation.
When Muscatine was still a journalist at The Washington Post, she tracked Clinton’s campaign – and Hillary’s place in it – with optimistic curiosity. Raised in a Democratic family in California, Muscatine had grown restless after twelve years of Republican administrations had left the country with rising deficits, unemployment, and an overburdened healthcare system. Clinton’s candidacy felt like the arrival of a new dawn in American politics. For many women, Hillary represented something equally powerful: a public figure navigating the difficult balance between family life and professional ambition while defying restrictive gender norms. For Muscatine, about to become a mother herself and traversing her own challenges as a woman in academic and professional circles, Hillary embodied a model of possibility. Muscatine left journalism in early 1993 and applied for a speechwriting position at the White House. Just months later, she was hired, becoming the first designated speechwriter for a first lady and joining a close circle of advisers that the White House dubbed “Hillaryland.”
Hillaryland takes us inside the largest First Lady’s staff in history as they pushed forward an ambitious agenda focused on children’s health, childcare, and women’s rights, and offers a behind-the-scenes account of a groundbreaking effort to redefine the power and possibilities of the First Lady’s role. Unlike her predecessors, Hillary was determined to hold legislative influence and strategically situate herself in the West Wing. As Hillary’s speechwriter from 1993 to 2001, Muscatine faced an uphill battle with American right-wing critics and media who put the administration under a microscope. Not only was Muscatine spearheading the First Lady’s communication of priorities to a public still unsure how to interpret such an active political partner in the White House, but she was simultaneously managing the vilification of Hillary’s image through relentless investigations, political attacks, and cultural backlash from critics who framed Hillary’s influence as threatening. The job revealed how difficult it could be for a woman in national politics to define her own narrative, but even so, Muscatine would go on to write Hillary’s most celebrated speeches that helped to raise her onto the global stage. Drawing on more than 230 interviews with Hillary Clinton’s colleagues, friends, and Hillary herself, as well as her years of experience alongside them, Muscatine pulls back the veil on Hillaryland and their unprecedented influence on American politics.
When Bill Clinton won the 1992 presidential election, the role of the First Lady had changed little in decades, remaining largely ceremonial and undefined, carrying no job description and no budgetary or legislative influence. But Hillary Rodham Clinton intended to change that, and Lissa Muscatine would soon find herself on the front lines of this transformation.
When Muscatine was still a journalist at The Washington Post, she tracked Clinton’s campaign – and Hillary’s place in it – with optimistic curiosity. Raised in a Democratic family in California, Muscatine had grown restless after twelve years of Republican administrations had left the country with rising deficits, unemployment, and an overburdened healthcare system. Clinton’s candidacy felt like the arrival of a new dawn in American politics. For many women, Hillary represented something equally powerful: a public figure navigating the difficult balance between family life and professional ambition while defying restrictive gender norms. For Muscatine, about to become a mother herself and traversing her own challenges as a woman in academic and professional circles, Hillary embodied a model of possibility. Muscatine left journalism in early 1993 and applied for a speechwriting position at the White House. Just months later, she was hired, becoming the first designated speechwriter for a first lady and joining a close circle of advisers that the White House dubbed “Hillaryland.”
Hillaryland takes us inside the largest First Lady’s staff in history as they pushed forward an ambitious agenda focused on children’s health, childcare, and women’s rights, and offers a behind-the-scenes account of a groundbreaking effort to redefine the power and possibilities of the First Lady’s role. Unlike her predecessors, Hillary was determined to hold legislative influence and strategically situate herself in the West Wing. As Hillary’s speechwriter from 1993 to 2001, Muscatine faced an uphill battle with American right-wing critics and media who put the administration under a microscope. Not only was Muscatine spearheading the First Lady’s communication of priorities to a public still unsure how to interpret such an active political partner in the White House, but she was simultaneously managing the vilification of Hillary’s image through relentless investigations, political attacks, and cultural backlash from critics who framed Hillary’s influence as threatening. The job revealed how difficult it could be for a woman in national politics to define her own narrative, but even so, Muscatine would go on to write Hillary’s most celebrated speeches that helped to raise her onto the global stage. Drawing on more than 230 interviews with Hillary Clinton’s colleagues, friends, and Hillary herself, as well as her years of experience alongside them, Muscatine pulls back the veil on Hillaryland and their unprecedented influence on American politics.
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