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Your Favorite Women Leader and Politicians were Interns
Happy National Intern Day! Did you know who some of your favorite women leaders and politicians interned for? Find out about four of them below:
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
First Black woman on the Supreme Court
Before Justice Jackson ascended to the Supreme Court, she clerked for former Justice Stephen Breyer from 1999 to 2000 after graduating from Harvard Law School.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Second woman to serve as Senator of New York
While a student at Dartmouth College, Senator Gillibrand interned for former Senator Al D’Amato of New York where her father was also a staffer.
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Kristi Noem
First woman governor of South Dakota
While continuing her education through online courses, The Washington Post named then Congresswoman Noem Capitol Hill’s “most powerful intern” for receiving intern credits for her position in Congress.
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Nancy Pelosi
First woman to serve as speaker of the House of Representatives
Former Speaker Pelosi interned for Senator Daniel Brewster of Maryland while pursuing her undergraduate degree at Trinity College in Washington, DC.