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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has told American voters that she may be the first woman to be elected to office, but she will not be the last.
Harris spoke in her first address to the nation since she and Joe Biden were declared the winners of the US presidential election.
Harris, the first woman to be elected vice president, wore a white pantsuit in tribute to women’s suffrage.
She spoke about her roots, saying that her mother came to the United States from India at the age of 18, saying that she “probably didn’t imagine this.”
“I’m thinking of her … and I’m thinking of the generations of women, black, white, Asian, Latina women, who throughout history have paved the way tonight,” she said.
Ms. Harris spoke of the women who have “fought so hard” and have been the “backbone of our democracy,” adding: “Tonight I reflect on their struggle, their vision.”
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last,” she said. “All the girls who watch tonight see that this is a country of possibilities.”
She had started her speech with a tribute to the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights leader, who said that democracy is not a state but an act.
She said: “What I meant is that America’s democracy is not guaranteed. It is only as strong as our will to fight for it.
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Ms. Harris said that in this election “the soul of America was at stake” and “the world was watching.”
She continued: “I know times have been challenging in the last few months … but you chose hope and unity, decency, science and yes, the truth.”
