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Harris was sworn in as the first female vice president and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the position in a moment steeped in history and significance.
Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation s second-highest office.
Harris was sworn in as the first female vice president and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the position in front of the U.S. Capitol by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Women wore pink, green and pearls, official symbols of the sorority. I m proud on so many levels, as a mom to a little girl who can [see] her possibilities today beyond the [moon] and back & as a woman & Soror with my head held high because the [world] will witness who runs the world.girls, Twitter user Tamika N Ball tweeted.
Monique Poydras joined the sorority with Harris in 1986.
She said the sorority has been helping Harris’ rise from the background. We were a secret weapon, Poydras said. We were a collective that nobody knew about, because our sorority, we have close to 300,000 members. We have a thousand chapters. It wasn t just us; it was also other Divine Nine [sororities and fraternities] organizations.
Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation's second-highest office on Inauguration Day 2021.
WASHINGTON • Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the