The group of seven elected officials is majority women of color, and all the women on the council are under the age of 40, making them the city’s most racially diverse and youngest council ever.
The St. Paul, Minn., city council made history Tuesday when each of its seven seats were filled by women for the first time in the city’s history. Four of the seven members sworn in at an inauguration ceremony were incoming freshman. Anika Bowie, Saura Jost, HwaJeong Kim and Cheniqua Johnson joined incumbents Mitra Jalali, Rebecca…
DAVID BREWSTER/Star Tribune via Getty ImagesSt. Paul’s first ever all-female city council will have their first official meeting Wednesday afternoon. All seven members of the council are women under 40 years old, and all but one are women of color. At an inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, newcomers Anika Bowie, Saura Jost, HwaJeong Kim, and Cheniqua Johnson joined the ranks of incumbent members Mitra Jalali, Rebecca Noecker, and Nelsie Yang. At the ceremony, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said