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Person of the Month: Carol Mosley Braun

Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American U.S. senator from the Democratic Party and the first female U.S. senator from Illinois.

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun^[1] (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Prior to her Senate tenure, Moseley Braun was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 1988 and served as Cook County Recorder of Deeds from 1988 to 1992. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 after defeating Senator Alan J. Dixon in a Democratic primary. Moseley Braun served one term in the Senate and was defeated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald in 1998.

Following her Senate tenure, Moseley Braun served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 1999 to 2001. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2004 U.S. presidential election; she withdrew from the race prior to the Iowa caucuses. In November 2010, Moseley Braun began a campaign for mayor of Chicago to replace retiring incumbent Richard M. Daley. She placed fourth in a field of six candidates, losing the 2011 election to Rahm Emanuel.

Quote of the Month

Teach from your scars not from your wounds. Scars represent a wound that has healed so it symbolises resilience and the integration of pain into wisdom. Scars are evidence that healing is possible and life can endure beyond pain. Scars are a sign of survival and a testament of growth and triumph and serve as evidence that whatever hurt you did not destroy you, but made you stronger.

Question of the Month

"What are some of the most powerful examples of Black female excellence that have inspired you?

Date of the next Zoom Meeting:March 1st, 2025