BOTWC Firsts

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Dr. Valencia Robertson Wells Becomes First Black President of the Alabama Optometric Association

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Sydney McLaughlin Becomes First American Woman to Run 400m Under 48 Seconds

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Meet the First Woman President Of California State University, LA

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Meet Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, the First Black Woman to Serve on the Michigan’s Supreme Court

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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Becomes First Woman Since 2003 to Win 100m and 200m at U.S. Nationals

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Taylor Townsend Becomes First Mother to Reach No. 1 in Women’s Doubles Tennis

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Bubba Wallace Becomes First Black Driver to Win the Brickyard 400, ending a 100-Race Drought

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Venus Williams Becomes Second Oldest Woman to Win WTA Singles Match

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Cassandra Chase Becomes First Black Woman Elected Mayor of Lakewood, California

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Zora’s Place to Become Evanston, Illinois’ First and Only Black Woman-Owned Bookstore