Mia Love, First Black Republican Woman Elected to Congress, Dies at 49
Ms. Love, from Utah, held a seat in the House for two terms until she aroused the enmity of President Trump. She was ...
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For Black Women, Adrienne Adams Is More Than Just Another Candidate
Three other Black women have run for mayor of New York City before Ms. Adams, including Ms. Wiley; C. Virginia Fields, a former Manhattan borough president; and Dianne Morales, a nonprofit ...
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Meet Nicole Roberts: Pennsauken’s first black female mayor
One of those people making history right here in our area is Nicole Roberts. She is the first black female mayor of Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. We had the chance to talk to and get to know ...
The Connecticut Mirror29d
Two Black mayors
Then, directly following Mayor Milner, the city elected its second Black mayor and the first female mayor, Carrie Saxon Perry, in 1987. She was the first Black woman elected mayor of any major ...
Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland, California, voters who recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and ...
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Mia Love, first black female Republican in Congress, dies at 49 after battle with brain cancer
Mia Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants who rose to become the first black female Republican in Congress, died after a battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family announced Sunday ...
Center 1968 is on a mission to train and elect more Black women in politics and policy
Created by Jasmine Sessoms in Pennsylvania, the center aims to place more Black women in positions of influence in public […] ...
Peggy Montes helped establish Chicago's Women's History Month — and still is a 'lady in motion'
Peggy Montes started the Bronzeville Children's Museum, worked to elect Mayor Harold Washington and seeks to empower, inspire ...
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La Vergne's first female mayor dies, funeral set Saturday: 'Passionate public servant'
Shirley Maxine Winfree, La Vergne's first female mayor, died Monday. She was 89, according to her obituary. Roselawn Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens is handling the arrangements. A gathering of ...
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Announces Birth Of First Daughter On International Women’s Day
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has expanded his family ... with numerous projects under her leadership, including a Black women-focused nonprofit called Bmore Empowered. As Scott enters the next ...