National Women's History Month Highlight: Kamala Harris

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Kamala Harris is known to many as the first female Vice President of the United States. She is in the middle of her first term as Vice President alongside Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States. Her motto is to do justice for the people, and she has committed to that throughout her life. She was an attorney, activist, and leader in California. She made her way through the ranks to be a senator in 2017 and was chosen as Joe Biden's running mate in 2019. According to the official White House website, Kamala Harris' goals as Vice President are to rebuild the economy, provide safety and security for children, manage the COVID-19 pandemic, reduce voter suppression, and stand up for women and workers. 

Adopted in 1987, National Women's History Month takes place in March every year. This is a federal effort to acknowledge and uplift women's contributions to society, after the millennia that women have been underserved. This month, Harris has posted quite a few tweets referencing her actions on behalf of women as part of the Biden-Harris administration. 


Unfortunately, as a large political figure, she has become a huge target for internet trolls. On her post about celebrating women, people were quick to throw insults and slurs at the VP. They were putting down women, such as herself, by claiming that they should adhere to the stereotype of letting a man do the hard work. Many Twitter Users also chose to attack a "typical liberal" belief by asking Harris to define what a woman is during this month -since she claims to be a champion of LGBTQ+ as a Democrat. Other Twitter users cheered her on, but it was proportionately way less than the number of hate comments she received. Other attacks on the VP were directed toward her ethnicity. 

KamalaHarris
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-harris/
https://womenshistorymonth.gov/about/

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