Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: This election is special for people at Wellesley College in suburban Massachusetts. The all-women's school has rallied around a famous graduate who could become the first female president of the United States. NPR's Tovia Smith visited Hillary Clinton's alma mater. TOVIA SMITH, BYLINE: Nearly 50 years after she graduated from Wellesley, she's still the big woman on campus. Everywhere are pant-suited Hillary action figures, what-would-Hillary-do T-shirts, Madam-President coffee mugs and framed memorabilia. IRENE MATA: So here we have her thesis that she wrote entitled "There Is Only The Fight." SMITH: How apt. MATA: It's so foretelling. SMITH: Wellesley Professor Irene Mata says she's elated that tonight could be a giant leap for womankind. MATA: It's a really big deal. For my generation, that wasn't even something we dreamed about. MARTHA STEARNS: It gives me goosebumps. SMITH: Alumna Martha Stearns recalls being inspired by
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