Professor emeritus of history
William Chafe is a historian of the U.S. specializing in civil rights, women's history, and politics. He is the author of many books, including the forthcoming volume “Hillary and Bill: The Clintons and the Politics of the Personal.” He is former president of the Organization of American Historians and co-founder of both the Duke Oral History Program and the Center for Documentary Studies.
It’s Election Day, so be sure to exercise your right to vote! In his latest opinion piece, historian Bill Chafe says the nation is “on the edge of a social and political divide that goes beyond even that of 1968, and threatens a new cultural civil war of ‘us’ against ‘them.’ ” Can we as a people overcome our differences?
William Chafe writing in the East Bay Times
“(I)t is important to recognize that Hillary, the believer in the Social Gospel, and women’s and children’s rights, is still the person whose core values have never changed. (And) she hopefully has learned how wrong it is to be so protective of her personal privacy.”
William Chafe writing in The News & Observer
As the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Philadelphia, Duke history professor Bill Chafe, author of “Hillary and Bill: The Politics of the Personal,” writes about what he thinks Hillary needs to share with voters at this week’s convention.
Duke University Press
Poll data suggest that Americans do not trust Hillary or her character. “The best way for Clinton to respond to all this is to talk candidly, and emotionally, about the values she learned as a child and a young woman,” writes historian Bill Chafe, author of “Hillary and Bill: The Clintons and the Politics of the Personal.” “Doing so would clarify, dramatically, the foundational beliefs that have guided virtually all of her political activities.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Historian Bill Chafe, author of the book, “Hillary and Bill: The Clintons and the Politics of the Personal,” examines whether we will see Hillary the “bridge-builder and reformer” who as a senator formed strong relationships with GOP lawmakers, or the intensely private person who refused to take friendly advice from allies.
Duke Today
