Sentences with phrase «woman in history elected»

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Known as the first openly transgender black woman to be elected to political office in the United States, Jenkins made history this year when she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council.

At The Vancouver Board of Trade's 128th AGM, incoming Chair Tim Manning announced an unprecedented decision to elect more women than men to the board of directors — something that has not happened before in the organization's history.

Mendez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to the state Legislature in New York history, was defeated that year by Sen. Jose Serrano.

Stewart - Cousins, a Yonkers Democrat, was first elected leader of the conference in 2012 and is the first woman to lead a legislative conference in state government history.

If elected, James would not only be the first African - American attorney general in New York state history, but also the first woman to be elected to the position.

Westchester voters have written another chapter in the history of the Women's Rights Movement, electing a legislature with a majority of women for the first time in the county's hisWomen's Rights Movement, electing a legislature with a majority of women for the first time in the county's hiswomen for the first time in the county's history.

While Hillary Clinton has made history by becoming the first woman chosen as a major party's presidential nominee, the number of women in elected office in the United States has plateaued.

Instead, Democratic operatives say the field of Senate candidates could include Attorney General Kathleen Kane, the first woman elected to the role in the state's history.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) made history when she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in 2014 at the age of 30.

She made history as the first woman to ever be elected to a judgeship in Warren County.

It was a historical win for Democrats, he said, not just because of the town board election, but also because Ann E. Welker became the first woman elected to the Southampton Town Trustees in the group's 331 - year history.

[53] Thatcher was the youngest woman in history to receive such a post, and among the first MPs elected in 1959 to be promoted.

Two years ago, voters in New York's 21st district elected the youngest woman to Congress in history.

Stefanik was first elected in 2014 — in which she made history by becoming the youngest woman in the House — by defeating Democrat Aaron Woolf 53 - 32 percent.

If McNutt is elected, as expected, she would be the first woman to lead the U.S. government's premier science advisory organization in its 152 - year history.

Some historical developments of the NEA throughout history included welcoming black members four years before the Civil War, electing a woman as president before women even had the right to vote, and merging with the American Teachers Association in 1966.

With the possibility that, in November 2016, a woman could be elected president of the U.S., we look back at the long and often difficult history of women in politics.

One additional accolade: she is the first woman in United States history to be elected a state Governor and U.S. Senator.

Norton Rose Fulbright's partnership has elected Islamic finance head Farmida Bi as its new chair for Europe Middle East and Asia (EMEA), making her the first woman in the firm's history to hold the role.

At the time of his attack, I had served as a the first Black woman elected as a Bencher of the Law Society in its then 214 year history.

In 2000, Hillary Clinton made history as the first first lady elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first woman elected statewide in New YorIn 2000, Hillary Clinton made history as the first first lady elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first woman elected statewide in New Yorin New York.

She first made history in November 2002 when House Democrats elected her the first woman to lead a major political party in Congress.

On April 25, the third anniversary of the largest march in Washington, DC, history, the landmark March For Women's Lives, the women's health movement will once again send the message to elected officials that women's health must be proteWomen's Lives, the women's health movement will once again send the message to elected officials that women's health must be protewomen's health movement will once again send the message to elected officials that women's health must be protewomen's health must be protected.