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Kamala Harris Sworn in as First Female Vice President in US History Author: Meredith B. Kile Updated: 12:25 PM EST January 20, 2021
Kamala Harris has been sworn in as the vice president of the United States, making history as the first female to hold national elected office, as well as the first Black and Asian-American vice president.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor the first Latina appointed to the United States highest court administered the oath of office for Harris. With her hand on the Bible held by her husband, Doug Emhoff, Harris swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Nashville Public Library Votes For Women exhibit displays who paved the way for Kamala Harris
When Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice President, she became the first woman to do so.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â When Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice President, she became the first woman to do so. Change is sometimes slow, said Margaret Behm. It has to be hard-fought, and I think that s why it is so significant.
Margaret Behm, a longtime lawyer in Nashville, helped open the Votes For Women exhibit at the Nashville Public Library. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of women s suffrage.
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For every momentous occasion in our new Vice President s life, Kamala Harris has donned a signature accessory: A pearl necklace. When graduating from Howard University, Harris had a single strand of white pearls a nod to her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, where pearls are an important part of the group s foundation story. When receiving the COVID-19 vaccination and swearing into Congress, Harris accessorized with black Tahitian pearls. Today, as she takes the vice presidential oath of office, the first woman and person of color to hold her new position, she is wearing a string of pearls created by Puerto Rican jeweler Wilfredo Rosado.
Joe Biden and Vice President-elect
Kamala Harris won the 2020 election after the Electoral College votes were tallied. The official announcement came after
Trump supporters’ violent attack against the U.S. Capitol, but Congress made sure to not let a group of mindless, domestic terrorists stop them from the transition of power. Thankfully.
To celebrate, VOGUE magazine released their February 2021 cover star and it was none other than our history making Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Lit, right? Yep. However, the cover. Yeah, folks were NOT feeling it.
The cover (that will get printed) features VP-elect Harris standing in front of a pink and green background in a black blazer and skinny pants paired with Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers (which she sometimes wore on the campaign trail) and her trademark AKA pearls (above). The pink and green background was a subtle tribute to the Howard University alum’s beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.