Sentences with phrase «first women of color»

The NBA's 12 original founders included a single woman, Gertrude E. Durden Rush, who, in 1918, became the first women of color, and only the second woman ever, to practice law in Iowa.

Director Ava DuVernay, who has the distinction of being the first women of color to direct of live action film with a budget over 100...

If Zuleika Shepard and Fatimat Reid are elected, they'll be the first women of color to be elected to Family Court.

After early critical acclaim (she's been nominated for Golden Globes, Emmys, Oscars, and a ton of other major awards), she's now become the first woman of color to helm a movie with a budget of at least $ 100 million.

It was an historic victory, not least of which because Douglas became not only the first African - American woman to win the gold, but the first woman of color to ever medal in the individual competition for America.

She is the first woman of color to serve in a statewide elected executive office in New Jersey and the first Democratic black woman elected nationwide.

Bichotte said McCray running is a «good thing» and also praised Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, the first woman of color to serve as Bronx DA, and Brooklyn Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, the Council's first black woman Majority Leader.

She would also be the first woman of color to join the IDC, which currently consists of four white men and Savino.

She would be the first woman of color.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Public Advocate Letitia James launched her Democratic campaign for state attorney general Wednesday, casting herself as «the people's lawyer» as she looks to become the first woman of color to hold the post.

If she wins next week, Perez Williams will be the first woman of color to lead a city with the most concentrated black and Hispanic poverty in the country.

Her warm - up act included several female firsts: State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the first female legislative conference leader in the New York State, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the legislature's first openly lesbian member, and Public Advocate Letitia James, the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City, as well as city first lady Chirlane McCray and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who is now one of the country's best - known advocates for gun control.

James, who became the first woman of color to hold citywide office four years ago, has sued the city at least 11 times and spearheaded the passage of a bill that prohibits employers from asking job applicants about their salary history in an effort to close the pay gap between women and men.

James, the first woman of color to hold citywide elected office in New York City, has served as the people's advocate and as a watchdog for city government for the last several years.

If elected, Perez Williams would be the first Latina mayor in New York state and the first woman of color elected mayor of Syracuse.

James, who is serving her second and final term as public advocate, and is the first woman of color elected to a citywide position, is running in the Democratic primary to replace former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James officially launched her campaign for attorney general on Wednesday, seeking to make history as the first woman of color to serve as the state's top legal officer.

She made history in 2014 — by becoming the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City.

She is the first woman of color to be elected to statewide office in New Jersey, and her experience leading a chamber of the state Legislature is seen as an asset for Murphy in learning how to navigate the state's sometimes - Byzantine political culture.

If Rees is nominated for either a DGA or an Oscar for Best Director, she will be the first woman of color to do so in their entire history.

Octavia Spencer became the first woman of color to receive an Oscar nomination after winning.

A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past weekend, which marked the «first time films by black directors with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the first two box office spots,» as CNN puts it.

«Master of None» scribe was first woman of color to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

Ava DuVernay's adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's kid - lit fantasy classic not only marks a step forward for diversity — with the film, DuVernay becomes the first woman of color to direct a $ 100 million blockbuster — but for DuVernay as an artist.

DuVernay's hiring to direct A Wrinkle in Time made her the first woman of color to direct a $ 100 million movie, and helped Disney become the studio with the most projects directed by women.

As the first woman of color given a $ 100 million movie the expectations were impossibly high.

She is the first woman of color to be nominated for an Academy Award in best achievement in costume design, for Malcolm X, and has also been thus recognized for Amistad, She has worked with some of...

Dr. Jemison, the first woman of color in the world to go into space, served six years as a NASA astronaut.

Many of the women who served were firsts: Patsy Mink of Hawaii, the first woman of color; Shirley Chisholm of New York, the first African American woman.

The book would also include Patsy Mink, the first woman of color to be elected to the House; Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswoman; and Ileana Ros - Lehtinen, the first female Hispanic.

The cherry on top of the year, however, was Himid's receipt of the Turner Prize, Britain's most prestigious art award — made all the sweeter by the fact that she is the first woman of color to win and, at 63, she's also the oldest recipient after the award's arbitrary age cap of 50 was abolished.

Aged 63, she made history as the first woman of color and the oldest artist ever to win the Britain's most prestigious art award.

Thomas distinguished herself in this circle that included Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis, and later becoming the first woman of color to have work placed in the White House art collection.

According to the Guardian, she is not only the oldest artist to receive the UK's top contemporary art prize, at 63 (until this year, only artists under 50 were eligible), but also the first woman of color to win it.

Ava DuVernay will direct the film adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time — making her the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million budget.

The former astronaut and first woman of color in space talks about expanding sustainable development here on Earth.

Not exact matches

When she first started talking about how the school needed to become more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in more women or people of color would mean lowering our standards.»

Now it's unveiling a few firsts aimed directly at channeling more investment capital to women of color and their companies.

It's the first time in U.S. history that Lady Liberty will be portrayed as a woman of color, and she is beautiful.

PayPal publicly released its government - mandated diversity reports for the first time Friday, showing small gains for women and people of color in its executive ranks in the past year but still an overwhelmingly white and male top management.

It appears that lipgloss is part of the Fenty Beauty mix, thanks to the clues in the first video tease, which celebrated diversity and women of color.

Women and people of color were picked for a majority of open S&P 500 board seats this year for the first time, according to a survey from recruiting firm Spencer Stuart.

Soon Allison knew all the details of the woman's sister's wedding — the first and second — from how much it cost to the color of the dresses.

There are many chefs deserving of profiles on bonappetit.com, and we have chosen to feature primarily women, many of them people of color, first and foremost because they're extremely talented people we think our readers need to know about.

Letitia James — the first African - American woman elected to a citywide position, who was a rumored 2021 mayoral candidate — would be the first woman and woman of color to hold the AG position.

Today, Ferreras is the first woman, first person of color and the youngest City Councilmember to be elected as Finance Chair.

A grass - roots movement on social media has been urging women to #WearWhiteToVote in solidarity with the American suffragists, who adopted the color as one of their signatures and fought for what has now come (at least partly) to fruition: the first woman as a major party's candidate for president.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito assembled a coalition of female activists today to launch the Young Women's Initiative — a group she said would combat racial and gender inequality and be the first of its kind in a nation with many similar initiatives aimed at young men of color.

McCray now holds the title of first lady, which appears on releases from the mayor's office, but as I remember from my days in the gay movement of the mid-1970s, calling a woman a «lady» constituted fighting words, particularly in Salsa Soul Sisters, a group of lesbians of color McCray said «stamped my membership card «forever.

Many have pushed for Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Westchester County legislator who has led Senate Democrats since 2012 and is the first woman or person of color to lead a legislative conference, to be included at the negotiating table during budget and other high - level talks.