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1965: Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian American woman elected to the U.S. Congress. 1971: Norman Mineta becomes the first Asian-American mayor of a major city (San Jose, CA) in the United States. [51] 1971: Herbert Choy becomes the first Asian-American U.S. federal court judge, appointed to the U.S. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. [52]
Boeing 767-300ER, one of the many types of American Airline aircraft flown by Custodio. In June 1988, while she was serving in the US Air Force Reserve, she was hired by American Airlines as a commercial pilot. Custodio became one of the first Latina commercial airline captains. [3] During her years with American, she flew various types of ...
Jinsook Ohta: [106] First Asian American female (who is of Korean descent) to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2021) Sunshine Sykes (2002): [107] [108] First Native American [female] to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California (2022)
She is the third woman, the first woman of color, the first Hispanic, and the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court. [3] [a] Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York City, [4] to Puerto Rican-born parents. Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother.
The congresswoman is not the first Roybal in Congress: her father, Edward R. Roybal, also a Democrat, served in the House for 30 years and was a co-founder of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus ...
TV veteran Gloria Calderón Kellett explains how Hollywood treating her with 'zoo animal fascination' inspired her history-making play 'One of the Good Ones,' opening Sunday.
First African American female (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit): Johnnie B. Rawlinson (1980) in 2000 [7] First Hispanic American female (U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada): Gloria Navarro (1994) in 2010 [25] First Asian American female (U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada): Miranda Du (1994) in 2012 [13] [14]
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