Breaking Barriers: The Complex Identity of a Political Trailblazer

If Kamala Harris officially becomes the Democratic presidential nominee next month, she'll be the first woman of color to lead a major party's ticket.

Of course, that would not be her first, first.

Harris's entire career is a list of jobs that nobody who looks quite like her had held before, including California's attorney general, Senator, and Vice President of the United States.

Harris often stresses that while she may be a first, others paved the way.

Kamala Harris has had a career full of firsts – could she also be the first woman to become President of the United States?

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