Are you upset with the orange man in office? Are you disappointed with the orders his tiny hands are signing? Me too! Let’s perk up and check out some inspiring women in politics who are completely badass.
Remember, people, that we are not doomed. Check out all the wildly fabulous shit these women have accomplished and are continuing to accomplish and know that you are awesome. The US doesn’t have to stay the way it is right now, and there are women actively trying to right the wrongs.
1. Senator Mazie Hirono
This woman is incredible. She was born in Japan and immigrated to the United States. She currently serves as a senator for Hawaii. But what is so impressive about Senator Hirono is that she was the Democratic Party’s first female nominee for governor in Hawaii. She lost, but she is still thankful for the chance to represent women in a powerful office. Hirono credits her success to her mother and her strength to her routes growing up as an immigrant in the United States.
Now, as a senator, she is the first AsianAmerican woman senator and the first woman senator for Hawaii. Hirono came from the bottom and is literally on top now.
2. Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Lee is currently in the House for California’s 13th District. She was a senator previously. This Congresswoman is badass because she is a single mother with two sons and fights to help out Americans. She was born in a segregated Texas, and focuses on fighting hate crimes. Lee wants to end poverty and fight for LGBT rights.
She is also the first to write and pass the first law in California specifically for women, called the “California Against Women Act.”
3. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman
Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman is serving New Jersey’s 12th District in the House. Coleman serves as the first African American woman to serve New Jersey in the House.
Coleman also served as the first AfricanAmerican woman to be a Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly – and was the first African American woman to serve as the Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.
4. Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence
Congresswoman Lawrence currently serves as the representative for the 13th district in Michigan. Before that, she was the first African American and first woman to serve as the mayor of Southfield, a town within her current district.
Oh, and while she was mayor, she finished her degree from Central Michigan University. Now, she is the Senior Whip and Vice Chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues.
5. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson
Congresswoman Wilson currently serves as the Representative for Florida’s 24th District. She is an elementary-school-principal-turned-lawmaker. She is well known for creating the “5000 Role Models of Excellence Project.” This is a project that works to help students attend college through scholarships. Called the Voice for the Voiceless, Wilson’s so awesome that she had a cameo on the “Real Housewives of Atlanta.”
Oh, she also has an incredible fashion sense.
6. Congresswoman Gwen Moore
Congresswoman Gwen Moore serves the 4th Congressional District of Wisconsin. This incredible woman is fabulous for us – like, really fabulous.
She was the first African-American to represent Wisconsin in Congress. Then she was the Whip for the Congressional Black Caucus and LGBT Equality Caucus. She is badass with her work for women’s rights. Moore fights for women’s health, reproductive freedom, and protections against domestic abuse.
7. Congresswoman Linda Sánchez
Congresswoman Sánchez currently serves the 38th Congressional District of California. Sánchez is the Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, which makes her the first Latina ever to hold a leadership position in Congress.
She is also well-known for her work on the Committee on Ways and Means, which means that she helps decide taxes and protects Social Security and Medicare. Sánchez is an avid protector of senior citizens’ rights, which is needed now, more than ever before.
8. Congresswoman Karen Bass
Congresswoman Karen Bass serves the 37th Congressional District of California.
Before Bass entered Congress, she was the first African American woman in the United States to serve this prestigious role in state government. Congresswoman Bass is focused on improving inner cities, as well as improving relations between Africa and the United States.
9. Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez serves the 7th District of New York in the House. Velazquez is incredible because she was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to the House – then she was chosen as the Ranking Democratic Member for the House Small Business Committee. The development made her the first Latina woman to serve in that role for any House committee.
Velazquez was then made the Chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee, making her the first Latina to chair a committee. She’s kicking ass, taking names and entering leadership roles that are important for our country.
10. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
Last but not least, Congresswoman Jayapal currently serves the 7th Congressional District of Washington. She is the first Indian American in the House ever. And she is the first South Asian American to be elected to State Legislature!
Jayapal was born in India and immigrated to the United States at 16 for college.
Don’t lose hope. There are still people in power who are kicking ass for the women of the United States.
