While we wait... meet some of the brave women and people who made history on #ElectionDay . #Election2020
Community leader, organizer, nurse, pastor, and single mom @CoriBush is now the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/politics/cori-bush-blm-activist-congress-trnd/index.html
She got into politics after the Ferguson protests. She just became the first Black woman to...

Cori Bush, a progressive activist and veteran of the racial justice protest movement, won a House seat in Missouri, becoming the state's first Black woman to represent the state in Congress, accord...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/politics/cori-bush-blm-activist-congress-trnd/index.html
LGBTQ+ advocate @SarahEMcBride became the first openly trans state senator in U.S. history. Sarah is now the highest-ranking trans lawmaker in U.S. history! She'll serve as senator for Delaware's First Senate District. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/sarah-mcbride-become-first-transgender-state-senator-u-s-history-n1246211
Sarah McBride to become first transgender state senator in U.S. history

McBride, a prominent LGBTQ advocate, easily won her race for a seat in the Delaware state Senate.

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/sarah-mcbride-become-first-transgender-state-senator-u-s-history-n1246211
At 27, @MaureeTurnerOK is the first Muslim lawmaker in Oklahoma's state legislature and the first openly non-binary state lawmaker in U.S. history. https://oklahoman.com/article/5675468/oklahoma-elects-first-muslim-nonbinary-state-legislator
Oklahoma elects first Muslim, nonbinary state legislator

NOV 4, 2020 - Democrat Mauree Turner won in House District 88 in the heart of Oklahoma City.

https://oklahoman.com/article/5675468/oklahoma-elects-first-muslim-nonbinary-state-legislator
. @TarraSimmons5, a formerly incarcerated lawyer, is the first person who was convicted of a felony to be elected to serve in Washington's legislature. https://theappeal.org/tarra-simmons-washington-state-legislature/
Tarra Simmons Becomes First Person Formerly Convicted Of A Felony Elected To Washington State...

Simmons, an attorney and person previously convicted of a felony, is fighting to give people a first chance.

https://theappeal.org/tarra-simmons-washington-state-legislature/
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