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L.A. Focus: South LA's New Double Threat
It was in 1966 that Yvonne Braithwaite Burke made history as the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly. In the next three decades to follow, just seven—including Maxine Waters, Diane Watson and Barbara Lee would follow. And while it is important to note that these women were not only the first Black women to be elected to the California State Assembly, but also some of the first Black women to hold elected office in the United States, progress was slow.