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College Days and the Mysterious Thesis
1969 - WELLESLEY, Mass. - While at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Hillary Rodham became head of the local chapter of the Young Republicans, but she slowly veered left in her political leanings. She campaigned for Eugene McCarthy for president and organized the school's first teach-ins on the Vietnam War. She also wrote her senior thesis on poverty and community development, entitled "There is only the fight: An analysis of the Alinsky model.” It is interesting to note, Hillary Rodham wrote her thesis in 1969. Alinsky did not publish "Rules for Radicals" until 1971.
Hillary communicated with and met with Mr. Alinsky while writing her thesis. He even offered here a job; she chose law school instead, believing she could do more to make the radical changes she desired from within the