A child of immigrants from Jamaica and India, Harris became the first woman and person of color to serve as the district attorney of San Francisco – firsts she achieved again later when she became the attorney general for California. Indeed, Harris has an impressive track record of overcoming them. 20, she will be breaking one of the country’s highest concrete ceilings – a term often used to describe the insurmountable barriers that women of color in particular face. Kamala Harris has cemented herself in history by becoming America’s first woman, and the first Black and South Asian person, to be elected vice president.Īs she steps into the White House on Jan. Kamala Harris (D-CA) will step into the White House as vice president on Jan. Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.Sen. 2020, as she and Biden claimed victory after the election, Harris gave a radiating speech, beaming from the stage: “While I may be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last. Priyanka Chopra wrote, “Dream big girls! Anything can happen!” and Reese Witherspoon posted, “Thinking about all those who shattered glass ceilings and paved the way for a woman to finally be Vice President of the United States makes me so emotional ” Lady Gaga, who performed the national anthem at the inauguration, posted on Instagram, “Love for our new Commander in Chief and the 1st female VP elected to the White House ” and Mindy Kaling posted a photo of Harris as a child, writing, “Crying and holding my daughter, ‘Look baby, she looks like us.'”Įver since Biden selected Harris as his running mate, viral videos have emerged and have captivated national news coverage, depicting moments of young girls around the country reacting with joy to a woman - and a woman of color - becoming America’s first-ever female vice president. Since her and Biden’s victory, celebrities have praised Harris far-and-wide with notable women in Hollywood saluting the historical moment for future generations of female leaders. Harris has deep ties to the entertainment industry, thanks to three statewide campaigns in California, and her presidential run last year drew heavily on Hollywood dollars.
Amy Klobuchar, who bowed out in June, saying that a woman of color should get the job. Several other women were considered top contenders for the ticket, including former ambassador Susan Rice, Rep. Harris’ appointment as veep comes more than 35 years after Geraldine Ferraro became the first female candidate for vice president on a major party ticket when she ran alongside Democrat Walter Mondale in his unsuccessful effort to unseat President Ronald Reagan in 1984.īiden pledged to select a woman as his running mate early on at the Democratic primary debate in March 2020.
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