Thread by @DLCC

It’s #InternationalWomensDay and we are pumped to celebrate some of the incredible women who are blazing trails and changing the game in state legislatures across the country. Make sure you’re following all of these heroic women. THREAD!

Under the leadership of Virginia’s first woman & first Jewish Speaker @EFillerCorn, Democrats have repealed medically-unnecessary anti-abortion laws, combatted workplace harassment, banned pregnancy discrimination, and ratified the Equal Rights Amendment.

@EFillerCorn At 28, @MariManoogian is the youngest woman serving in the Michigan House, where she’s fought for clean drinking water & public schools. She’s the great-granddaughter of refugees & the first Armenian-American woman to serve in the state legislature.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian The daughter of an immigrant with a sixth-grade education, @Victoria4Texas flipped her Dallas, Texas House district blue in 2016. She wrote & passed legislation to address the backlog of untested rape kits, & is working to address the state’s high maternal mortality rate.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian @Victoria4Texas .@SenAkbari is the chair of the Tennessee Senate Democratic Caucus & the former chair of the state Black caucus. She’s been a champion for criminal justice reform, reproductive health care access, Medicaid expansion, & gender pay equity.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian @Victoria4Texas @SenAkbari Delaware’s @SarahEMcBride is the first openly transgender state senator in the entire country, making her the highest-ranking trans lawmaker in America. At 30 years old, she’s already spent half her life in public service--and she’s just getting started.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian @Victoria4Texas @SenAkbari @SarahEMcBride .@RepMcClinton is the 1st woman & 1st Black Dem leader of the Pennsylvania House. A former public defender, she came into the legislature sounding the alarm on the school-to-prison pipeline & has pushed for public defense services to be funded by the state instead of localities.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian @Victoria4Texas @SenAkbari @SarahEMcBride @RepMcClinton Oregon’s @TinaKotek was the first openly lesbian House speaker in the entire country. She’s spent her career working to eliminate hunger & in her first term in 2007 passed landmark legislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian @Victoria4Texas @SenAkbari @SarahEMcBride @RepMcClinton @TinaKotek Last year, @StateRepHong became the first Asian-American elected to Wisconsin’s legislature. A chef & small business owner who started at the bottom of the foodservice industry, she knows the struggles of accessing affordable health care, a fair wage, & reliable transportation.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian @Victoria4Texas @SenAkbari @SarahEMcBride @RepMcClinton @TinaKotek @StateRepHong .@ByersForKansas is the first Native American transgender legislator in the entire country & the first openly trans legislator in Kansas. She’s an award-winning former public school teacher, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, & a passionate advocate for LGBTQ rights.

@EFillerCorn @MariManoogian @Victoria4Texas @SenAkbari @SarahEMcBride @RepMcClinton @TinaKotek @StateRepHong @ByersForKansas Kentucky’s only Black woman legislator @atticascott4ky is a true reptivist. She’s led the charge for justice in her Louisville community following the murder of Breonna Taylor & been a vocal opponent of the GOP’s most oppressive anti-abortion bills.