A Liberated Woman in Politics

For more than a decade, Carol Moseley Braun has been breaking racial and gender barriers in the political arena. The Chicago native was elected Cook County Recorder of Deeds with more than one million votes cast in her favor, making her the first woman and the first African-American to hold executive office in Cook County government. Most notably, in 1993, Braun was elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first African-American female elected to the U.S. Senate.

 During her time in office, Braun did not take her position lightly. She was an advocate for healthcare and education reform-writing the Educational Infrastructure Act, designed to help bring education funding to low-income communities. Currently, as a mayoral candidate for the city of Chicago, Braun continues to serve her community by forming coalitions of people from all backgrounds who are committed to the same values of how government should best represent the people, which is the mark of a liberated woman.