The honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke was the first African American Woman to be elected to California Legislature, she was the 13th women elected such. She was first elected in 1966 to 63rd district in the California State Assembly. In 1973 Yvonne went on to be the first female African American elected to Congress from California.
Yvonne was also the first elected female elected to Congress to give birth while serving in Congress. Her daughter the Honorable Autumn Burke went later went on to serve in the California State Assembly.
Justin Hamilton says
March 16, 2020 at 4:22 pmLong time reader, first time commenter — so, thought I’d drop a comment..
— and at the same time ask for a favor.
Your wordpress site is very simplistic – hope you don’t mind me asking what theme
you’re using? (and don’t mind if I steal it? :P)
I just launched my small businesses site –also built in wordpress like yours–
but the theme slows (!) the site down quite a bit.
In case you have a minute, you can find it by searching for “royal cbd” on Google (would appreciate any feedback)
Keep up the good work– and take care of yourself during the
coronavirus scare!
~Justin
Sunny Mojonnier says
April 21, 2020 at 10:14 pmI will try to find out what theme this wordpress is, I don’t know off hand
Sunny Mojonnier says
June 2, 2020 at 1:57 pmI believe it’s called Executive Pro.
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Brianeromo says
March 30, 2020 at 1:01 pmMany thanks, this website is extremely handy.
Sunny Mojonnier says
April 21, 2020 at 10:17 pmThank you. Collecting the history of the women elected to serve in California’s legislature is our passion. Hopefully someday we will have a museum to display our many exhibits.
Sunny Mojonnier says
June 2, 2020 at 1:56 pmBeginning 2021 our extensive collections will be on permanent display next door to the State Capitol in Sacramento. Check back on the website for more information in a couple of months.
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