WHERE’S HILLARY?

Hillary Clinton’s coming to town. And she has two reasons. One’s public. One’s private.

The private reason: To hang out with celebrated, bestselling Canadian author Louise Penny, who has become a close personal friend.

“It’s a personal, private visit and Louise has never been to Chicago,” said Hill’s best friend, Betsy Ebeling.

“Hillary and I have always connected on books ever since we were little girls. We love Louise’s novels,” she said.

“We spent time with Louise in Montreal after the Democratic National Convention and are going this June to celebrate Louise’s 60th birthday in the little Canadian town in Quebec where she lives.”

The public reason: Hillary will keynote the first luncheon fundraiser for Ida’s Legacy PAC, which promotes the candidacies of African- American women.

Named after the late social reformer Ida B. Wells, the PAC luncheon is being held on April 12 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel.

Sneed is also told Dem gubernatorial candidate J. B. Pritzker, a huge Hillary donor, is tossing a private dinner starring Hillary and plans to attend the PAC luncheon.

“Hillary has a history with our community, and that’s why 96 percent of African-American women voted for her when she ran for president,” said Delmarie Cobb, a PAC spokeswoman.

“They knew her. They identified with her,” added Cobb.

“Black women are more pragmatic. They are not going to burn the house down to get what they want. But they get things done. And we saw how Hillary was treated. I’ve never seen a white woman treated as bad as Hillary in my whole life. Black women can identify with that,” she said.

“While the country is seeing an increase of black women candidates running for office at every level of government and being successful, this wasn’t the case in Illinois.

“For black women, the hurdles are steeper. They don’t have the family, business or financial resources to raise the money to run for higher office. There is no good old boys network for black women.”