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The working mom is an emblem of the 21st century. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris didn’t change her last name after marrying her husband Douglas Emhoff, and it's kind of a big deal.
Kamala Devi Harris [b] (born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th vice president of the United States since 2021 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history.
Here, her family tree—featuring the Harris, Gopalan, and Emhoff families, all the extended family of Kamala Harris: Vice President Harris’s family tree. Design by Michael Stillwell
Kamala is a Sanskrit word meaning 'lotus'. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is used as a feminine given name in Indian culture, predominantly by Hindu families, as it is one of the names of the goddess Lakshmi , who appears from the centre of a lotus.
Kamala Harris's father, Donald J. Harris, [10] arrived in the United States from Jamaica in 1961, for graduate study at UC Berkeley, and received a Ph.D. in economics in 1966. [11] Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan met in 1962 and were married in 1963. [12] [13] He would become a Stanford University professor of economics in 1972. [14] [15]
In her memoir, Harris begins by explaining the meaning behind her first name. “It means “lotus flower,” which is a symbol of significance in Indian culture.
Douglas Craig Emhoff (born October 13, 1964) is an American lawyer who is the second gentleman of the United States. [1] Married to the 49th vice president of the U.S. Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's nominee for president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Emhoff is the first second gentleman of the country.
Kamala Harris' life has been filled with milestones. Her elementary school class in the 1970s was the second one to integrate Berkeley schools . Harris was the first woman elected as San Francisco ...