With their 2022 midterm election victories, Maura Healey (left) and Tina Kotek became the first openly lesbian governors in US history.
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Maura Healey and Tina Kotek made history as the first openly lesbian governors elected in the US.
Becca Balint became the first woman to represent Vermont in Congress.
In May, Karine Jean-Pierre became the first Black and openly LGBTQ+ person and immigrant to serve as White House press secretary.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during her first press briefing as press secretary at the White House in May 2022.
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Before she fielded questions from reporters on her first day, Jean-Pierre acknowledged the historic nature of her position and credited "generations of barrier-breaking people" that she said paved the way for her, Insider's Nicole Gaudiano and Oma Seddiq reported.
"I am obviously acutely aware that my presence at this podium represents a few firsts. I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman, the first of all three of those to hold this position," she said. "If it were not for generations of barrier-breaking people before me, I would not be here. But I benefit from their sacrifices. I have learned from their excellence, and I am forever grateful to them."
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice in June, making her the first Black woman to sit on the nation's highest court.Chief Justice John G. Roberts administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in June 2022.
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Jackson serves as the 116th justice and the first Black woman on the Supreme Court in its 233-year history after Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, stepped down, Insider's Oma Seddiq reported.
She also made history as the first former public defender elevated to the top court, bringing a diverse legal background to the bench that was highly sought-after by the Biden White House.
Three Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitt Romney of Utah — broke with their party and joined all 50 Democrats in the historic vote, a showing of bipartisanship that has become increasingly rare for Supreme Court confirmations.
Maura Healey made history as one of the two openly lesbian US governors elected for the first time when she won her Massachusetts gubernatorial race in November.Maura Healey speaks during a Democratic election night party in Boston in November 2022.
"I hope tonight shows you that you can be whatever, whoever you want to be," she said in her victory speech, NBC News reported. "And nothing and no one can ever get in your way except your own imagination, and that's not going to happen."
Tina Kotek of Oregon joined Healey as another one of the first openly lesbian governors elected in the United States.Tina Kotek speaks with members of the media in Portland, Oregon, in November 2022.
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Kotek previously served as speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022, the longest-tenured speaker in state history and the first out lesbian speaker of any state legislature in the United States.
Vermont was the only state that had never sent a woman to Congress until Becca Balint won her House race in November.Becca Balint at home in October 2022 in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Republican Katie Britt was elected as the first-ever female senator to represent Alabama.Senator-elect Katie Britt at the Capitol in November 2022.
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Britt, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, won against Democrat Will Boyd in the Alabama US Senate race. In 2016, she worked as chief of staff for Sen. Richard Shelby, whose Senate seat she will fill.
Delia Ramirez became the first Latina congresswoman elected to represent Illinois.Rep.-elect Delia Ramirez in Washington, DC, in November 2022.
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Ramirez defeated Republican opponent Justin Burau to represent Illinois' 3rd Congressional District. She worked as a community organizer, nonprofit leader, and social-services director before becoming a state representative for the 4th House District of Illinois in 2018.
Summer Lee's election victory made her the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress.Rep.-elect Summer Lee in Washington, DC, in November 2022.
She has served in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives since 2018. Prior to entering public office, Lee worked as an attorney and labor organizer and led voter mobilization efforts for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
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