Michelle Wu is Boston’s first female and first person of color elected mayor : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 3, 2021
Michelle Wu speaks after voting in Boston on Tuesday.
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Boston voters have elected City Councilor Michelle Wu as mayor, the city's first woman and person of color elected to the post.
Wu, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan broke a 199-year streak of white, male city leaders. She moved to the city from Chicago, attend Harvard University and Harvard Law School . . .