hillary decided to keep her own name and be called hillary rodham, which was unusual for anywhere atnsas, or that time. both mothers hoped she would change her name but she stayed "rodham" and bill was very happy about that. they had just graduated from law school and had done other things before coming here, but they were just a young couple like so many others. they did not have any money, did not have any furniture, were just getting started. and their lives were very busy with a lot of political activity friends, traveling back and , forth to little rock, doing other kinds of campaign things. they also traveled a lot in those years. so they didn't have a lot of money, but they spent a lot of time building networks and friendships. the urge to participate in public service began very early for both. hillary was very active in a lot of political movements and campaigns. her graduation address at wellesley made a national splash. it was fairly radical for that time. she went on to yale law school and that is where she met bill. and bill had started and he knew he would be a political an