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Wearing a suffragette white suit and pearls in Wilmington, Delaware, Kamala Harris sent a poignant message to Black and brown women and girls in her first speech as vice president-elect.
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last,” Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, said during her victory remarks on Nov. 7. “Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”