In honor of Women’s History Month, the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Georgetown University Women’s and Gender Studies Program co-hosted a conversation with women who have broken barriers in politics and opened the door for others to follow.
Moderator:
Donna Brazile, First Black woman to run a major presidential campaign, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Women’s & Gender Studies Program
Panelists:
- Former Senator Carol Moseley Braun, First Black woman elected to the US Senate (1993-1999)
- Congresswoman Sharice Davids, One of the first Native American women and the first LGBT Native American elected to the US House (2019-Present)
- Former New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, First female Governor of New Mexico and first Hispanic female governor in the United States (2011-2019)
- Delegate Kathy Tran, First Vietnamese American elected to office in the Commonwealth of Virginia (2018-Present)
- Former Governor Christine Todd Whitman, First female governor of New Jersey (1994-2001)