Expert Comment: Kamala Harris Could Shatter Highest Glass Ceiling

July 23, 2024
DURHAM, N.H.—With Vice President Kamala Harris on track to become the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to head a major party ticket, she may also break the highest glass ceiling in U.S. politics. Ellen Fitzpatrick, professor emerita of history at the University of New Hampshire and author of "The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women's Quest for the American Presidency," can speak to the significance of Harris’s journey, what potentially lies ahead and the arduous road women... - Read Full Article

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