In Letters to Kamala, WAM Audiences will have a chance to meet Charlotta Bass, Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink, and Charlene Mitchell, three 20th-Century female political leaders of color who have been left out of our history books.
Charlotta Spears Bass
(1874-1969)
The first Black woman candidate for vice president
“I have fought not only for my people. I have fought and will continue to fight unceasingly for the rights and privileges of all people who are oppressed and who are denied their just share of the world’s goods that their labor produces.”
Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink (1927-2002)
The first woman of color to be elected to the House of Representatives, first Asian-American woman to run in Congress and the first Asian-American to run for president.
“It is easy enough to vote right and be consistently with the majority. But it is more often more important to be ahead of the majority, and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary.”
Charlene Alexander Mitchell (1930- )
The first Black woman to run for president.
“The system itself is at stake–and the issue is the immense gap between the way people could live and the way people do live.”
Learn more about Charlotta, Patsy, and Charlene here
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