On January 20, 2021, Kamala Harris will be sworn in as Vice-President of the United States. One day the fact 
Though SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
The closet any woman of color ever got to the Oval Office was Shirley Chisholm. Though delivered in Brooklyn, NY, like Harris
Chisholm is a multiple pioneer. She’s the first Black woman elected to the US Congress. The year was 1968 and
Bass is the first Black woman to be nominated to run for Vice-President in 1952 for the Progressive Party, running on an anti-war platform (Korean War). The Sumter, South Carolina native was born on February 14, 1874 and grew up in an era where there was literally no road map for women aspiring to better their conditions in a man’s world. Bass wrote her own rules and wound up on the FBI’s list of national threats until well after her retirement from public life. Charlotta Bass began her public life working in the publishing industry. She did a 10- year apprenticeship selling subscriptions for her brother, Ellis’ newspaper, The Providence Watchman. Then LELIA FOLEY
Born on November 7, 1942, Foley is the first Black woman elected as the Mayor of a city in the United States. On April 3, 1973, the all-Black town of Taft, Oklahoma (population 600) put the divorced mother of 5, living on welfare, in charge. This was after Foley raised $200 following a failed run for a spot on the school board that same year. In 1974, Oklahoma named Lelia Foley, Outstanding Woman of the Year. In the 1980s CHARLOTTA BASS
This Madison, Wisconsin native is the first Black woman to run for Governor. The year was 2018. The state was Georgia. The result was a loss to Republican candidate, Brian Kemp, but the end result was revenge in the form of a Democratic take-over of the Executive Branch, House and Senate in large part to the efforts of Abrams.
Were it not for the organization, Fair Fight Action, which was formed to address voter suppression, that
She was the first black woman to serve in the U S Senate (1993-1999). Moseley Braun represented the state of Illinois and has the additional distinction of being one of only two blacks to serve in the Senate in the 20th Century (Edward Brooke was the other).
Prior to those history making accomplishments, the Chicago, Illinois native (born August 16, 1947) was a prosecutor and elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1979, where Cook County Recorder of Deeds from ’88-’92, then the Senate.
Following her tenure, President Bill Clinton nominated Mosely-Braun for U S Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. She held that post from 1999-2001. In 2010 JANE BOLIN
When it comes to first, Bolin was no stranger. She is the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first into the New York City Law Department. In 1939 Bolin became the first Black female judge in the history of the United States. She remained the only Black woman on the bench for 20 years before others ascended. Bolin herself served until
In 1971, L. A. Mayor, Sam Yorty appointed Justice a 2-year term on the 5-seat Los Angeles Police Commission. This made her the second woman and first Black Woman to serve as L. A. Police Commissioner. The move was so huge, an episode of the TV series, “Adam-12” did a 2-parter based on her experiences. However, before such accolades, the New Orleans native worked as a seamstress then moved to Los Angeles in 1945. By 1950 actress, Linda Darnell. She left Darnell when PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS
During her confirmation hearing to become Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Harris as accused of being too wealthy to understand the post. She responded that
Under President Lyndon Johnson, Harris was the first Black woman Ambassador for the United States. She was stationed in Luxembourg. Harris was self-made. In college
Following her government service, Harris was Dean of Howard University’s School of Law, also Professor of George Washington National Law Center and joined a prestigious DC law firm. Harris died on March 23, 1985 at the age of 60. Eunice Carter was the first Black female lawyer and first Black female Asst. District Attorney (New York). Starting off as a social worker
Thanks to her prostitution racketeering case, Carter was instrumental in implicating mobster, Lucky Luciano and having him prosecuted. She took her groundbreaking strategy to D. A., Thomas Dewey, and gave him all the ammunition he needed. Dewey was grateful and kept Carter by his side often receiving legal advice from her publicly as well as privately. She was active at the United Nations and served on the Executive Committee of the International Council of Women as well as the Pan-African Congress in the 1920s. 
MARGUERITE P. JUSTICE
EUNICE CARTER
© tagDiv. All Rights Reserved. Made with Newspaper Theme.
