Ayanna Pressley, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress in Massachusetts’ history, posted a photo on Twitter on Thursday night that’s since gotten more than 27,000 likes. It’s a photo of Pressley along with other new freshmen in Congress who made history in November’s midterm elections — Alexandria…
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Archived: Nation's First Somali American Woman Lawmaker Harassed in D.C.
By Sheryl Estrada Just weeks after her win in a Minnesota House race, Ilhan Omar,the nation’s first Somali American Muslim woman legislator,said she endured the most “hateful, derogatory, Islamophobic, sexist” experience of her life. Omar was visiting Washington, D.C., this week to attend the State Innovation Exchange conference held Monday…