Trailblazer Kamala Harris: America's first woman vice president


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  • Family
  • Thursday, 21 Jan 2021

Women’s rights activist Emiliana Guereca, who was born in Mexico, celebrates with her children while watching the inauguration ceremony as she hosts a remote inauguration watch party from her home in Los Angeles, California. Photos: AFP

Kamala Harris smashed through one of America's highest glass ceilings Wednesday, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first person of Asian heritage to be appointed vice president, blazing a trail in the most diverse White House ever.

As running mate to now-President Joe Biden, she helped bring Donald Trump's turbulent rule to an end, assailing him for his chaotic bungling of the Covid-19 pandemic, last year's unrest over racial injustices and his crackdown on immigration.

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