Black Quote by Donna Brazile

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.

— Donna Brazile

Never mind what you've heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually…

— Jeffrey Kluger

“I was unlikely to be seen as a transformative, revolutionary figure. I had been on the national stage too long for that and my…

— David Remnick

First woman of colour, first Black person and first Jewish woman elected to lead a major federal party - it was never going to…

— Annamie Paul

Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan.

— Jeffrey Wright

Senator [Bernie] Sanders is the only person who I think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president, as exemplifying…

— Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for president. That title belongs to Victoria Woodhull, who ran for president in 1872. Her…

— Conan O'Brien

I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they…

— Alice Ripley

The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president.

— Tina Brown

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American.

— Rush Limbaugh

"First female president." That's it, and that's nowhere near, by the way, as powerful or penetrating as the first African-American president. I mean, women,…

— Rush Limbaugh

In 220 years of American presidential politics, there had been no serious female major party contenders, though women had been campaigning for the presidency…

— Rebecca Traister