Dear ALL Democrats: We need ALL of us to save our Country.
Black women and all WOC have been there for the Democratic Party. We needed them then and we need them now more than ever. They have been and will continue to be an integral and influential force in our party. Stop the divisiveness. It's not White Women vs Black Women, Asian Women, Latino Women, Native American Women, Middle Eastern Women, it's Democratic Women vs the Republican Party period. Let's work together to get all Democratic Party women AND men elected.
Ayanna Pressley defeated 10-term incumbent Michael Capuano in the Democratic primary for the Seventh Congressional District of Massachusetts. Since she will not face a Republican opponent during the November midterm elections, Pressley is poised to become the first black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress.
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On June 26th, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortz won Democratic primary for the Fourteenth Congressional District, defeating incumbent, Joseph Crowley, the most powerful politician in Queens County and the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives.
And we cannot forget the great Women of Color who have represented the Democratic Party in the past.
Shirley Chisholm A true pioneer and hero!
Barbara Jordan, one of the most eloquent orators ever in the US Congress
Carol Moseley Braun the FIRST African-American woman ever elected to the Senate.
Of the 67 Woman of Color on this list (in the link), only 5 were not Democrats.
Last Updated January 3, 2017
Since Hawaii Representative Patsy Mink’s election in 1964, 67 women of color have served in the U.S. Congress. All of these women served in the U.S. House, with the exceptions of Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois (1993—1999), Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada (2017—present) and Kamala Harris of California (2017—present), who served only in the U.S. Senate. With her election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii became the first woman of color to serve in both chambers.
The first Asian-Pacific-American woman elected to Congress, Patsy Mink of Hawaii, won election to the House in 1964.
The first African-American woman elected to Congress, Shirley Chisholm of New York, won election to the House in 1968.
The first Hispanic-American woman elected to Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, won election to the House in 1989.
http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Historical-Data/Women-of-Color-in-Congress/
By Grace Sparks and Annie Grayer, CNN
Updated 11:59 AM ET, Mon September 17, 2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/16/politics/house-women-update-september/index.html
