http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/us/politics/chelsea-clinton-gives-birth-to-a-daughter-charlotte.html?_r=0Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to a Daughter, Charlotte
By NICHOLAS KULISHSEPT. 27, 2014
Chelsea Clinton has given birth to a daughter, a message posted to her verified Twitter account announced early Saturday.
The baby, named Charlotte, is the first child for Ms. Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky. “Marc and I are full of love, awe and gratitude as we celebrate the birth of our daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky,” read the Twitter message.
Ms. Clinton’s parents, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, both quickly retweeted the message from their own Twitter accounts. The message was also posted on Ms. Clinton’s Facebook page.
The Associated Press reported that a Clinton spokesman, Kamyl Bazbaz, said the child was born on Friday.
Ms. Clinton, 34, announced her pregnancy in April at an event on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, her mother at her side.
The baby arrives as the family, never far from the spotlight since Mr. Clinton was elected president in 1992, has loomed larger in the public eye amid speculation over a potential presidential run by Mrs. Clinton. The new grandmother has not formally announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination but is already considered a frontrunner.
Ms. Clinton, the vice chairwoman of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, married Mr. Mezvinsky in 2010. They live in New York. She previously worked at the consultancy McKinsey & Company and holds degrees from Stanford, Columbia and Oxford.
Last month Ms. Clinton announced that she was leaving her position as a special correspondent for NBC News, less than three years into a tenure at the network that was bumpy at times.
Just 12 years old when her father was elected president, Ms. Clinton’s adolescence unfolded in highly public fashion, despite efforts by her parents to shield her from the publicity and scrutiny that the role of first daughter brings. They largely succeeded, in a time before ubiquitous Internet news sites.
But as she has gotten older, the public’s attention has become less restrained. Her wedding to Mr. Mezvinsky in Rhinebeck, N.Y., drew onlookers, autograph seekers and a baseball team mascot dressed as a raccoon.
Ms. Clinton has taken on a more public role in recent years, including the job at NBC and public speaking engagements that have earned her as much as $75,000 each. Her pregnancy this year brought even more attention, including questions about how the birth of a Clinton grandchild might win sympathy for Mrs. Clinton in her new role as grandmother as she gears up for a potential primary race.
“I certainly feel all the better whether it’s a girl or a boy that they’ll grow up in a world with so many strong female leaders,” Ms. Clinton said when she announced her pregnancy. As the world now knows, it’s a girl.
