AANHPI History Calendar

· St. Paul, Minnesota

Mee Moua Elected to Minnesota Senate

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Mee Moua won a Minnesota state Senate special election to become the first Hmong American elected to any US state legislature; she had come to the US as a child refugee.

Communities
  • Hmong
Topics
  • politics
  • refugees
Event type
  • achievement/first
Identity lens
  • women

Sources

  • lrl.mn.gov lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=10744
  • mnhs.org mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/event/election-mee-moua-minnesota-senate-2002

Also on January 29

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Elaine Chao Confirmed to the Cabinet

Elaine Chao was confirmed as US Secretary of Labor, the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet; she led the department for eight years. (Shares Jan 29 with Mee Moua's 2002 election.)