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On the heels of Kim Janey’s historic inauguration as Boston’s first female and first black mayor, we wanted to highlight and celebrate other Women of Color leading across Massachusetts.
Women of Color leading across Massachusetts
In 2008, of the 13 Boston City Councilors only 2 were women and 4 were people of color. Ayanna Pressley changed that when she made history as the first woman of color ever elected to the Boston City Council. Today, 8 of the 13 members are women, and 7 of the 13 are people of color.
In 2018, Rachel Rollins was elected DA of Suffolk County, the first woman of color ever to serve as a Massachusetts district attorney.
That same year, Ayanna Pressley continued to break barriers by becoming the first black woman representing the state of Massachusetts ever elected to the US House of Representatives.
In 2020, Chief Justice Kimberly Budd was sworn in as the first black woman ever to lead the Massachusetts Supreme Court.