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The Indomitable Rep. Nancy Pelosi
The former House Speaker is cutting a wide swath in Washington this Women’s History Month.
“Today, as we celebrate Women’s History Month, let us celebrate you and all women who with sweat and sacrifice have shaped this country we call home,” said First Lady Jill Biden last week at a White House reception for Women’s History Month.
“Let us draw strength from those who came before and share that strength, that sisterhood that surrounds us,” said the First Lady. “Let our voices be the chorus that calls the next generation forward, that kindles their courage and cheers them on to carve a path of their own.”
“We see the suffragists, the riveters, the marchers; the mothers and sisters and aunts and grandmothers and daughters — all the giants upon whose broad shoulders we stand,” Vice President Kamala Harris told the audience during her turn to speak. “For generations, women have continued to make incredible progress in the classroom, in the workplace, in the halls of government.”
“And we are all here evidence of that progress,” Vice President Harris said.
“We have leaders in the United States Congress who are here,” VP Harris continued. “Of course, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi among them.”