kamala Ascent of a woman
“The woman most responsible for my presence here today is my mother… she believed so deeply in an America where a moment like this is possible”
In amongst the teeth-grindingly stressful days following the US election, where President-elect Joe Biden’s lead grew, inchingly, across the country, it was easy to overlook the historical appointment that would follow a Democratic win, amid all the white-male posturing. A win for Biden meant a win for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the first female, first African American and first South Asian vice president. The first vice president to be the daughter of immigrants. The first vice president to be a stepmother. Four days after the election, when the result was finalised and the world could let out a collective exhale, Kamala took to the stage in Delaware to make a speech, telling the jubilant crowd, “I may be the first but I won’t be the last.” (And yes, you can now buy a T-shirt with that exact phrase from the Biden/Harris website).
Kamala, 56, was resplendent in a white suit, which has long been a favourite of the
