Carol Moseley-Braun Wears Pants (1992)

This Day in Esoteric Political History

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

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🗓️ 4 November 2021

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It’s November 4th. This day in 1992, Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois is elected Senator, becoming the first Black woman elected to the Senate, the first African-American senator from the Democratic party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator in an election, and the first female senator from Illinois.

Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss Moseley-Brauns impressive list of firsts, and how her first term was both consequential and fairly quickly dragged down by scandal and allegations of corruption.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia.
0:07.0	My name is Jody Avrigan.
0:10.0	This day, November 4, 1992, Carol Mosley Braun is the first in a whole long list of categories.
0:18.0	Because the previous day, Mosley Braun had won a Senate election in Illinois, and she was here we go here's the list the
0:24.8	first black woman elected to the Senate the first African American US senator from
0:29.2	the Democratic Party the first woman to defeat an incumbent US senator in an election, and the first female US senator
0:36.4	from Illinois. A very impressive list forging new territory, though, as we will discuss, as much as she was a trailblazer
0:44.9	Mosley Brown was also a politician from Illinois which means that there were all sorts of
0:50.3	reports of shady behavior and all sorts of other stuff that would eventually make her a one-term
0:56.2	senator, but a fascinating figure, a trailblazer.
1:00.2	And so here to discuss are, as always, of Colombia and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley.
1:05.6	Hello there.
1:06.6	Hi Jody.
1:07.8	Hey there.
1:09.2	Let's stick with the trailblazing for a moment here. Pretty remarkable list of
1:14.8	accomplishments, okay? Yeah, oh my gosh. So I don't know I was probably 10 when
1:20.4	this happened but just remembering that my mom woke me up so we I should say we
1:26.2	lived in Illinois at the time so it was also a special place to be outside in the
1:30.4	suburbs of Chicago and her waking me up and cheering and seeing like the
1:36.0	election party and I just I couldn't get a grasp of it you know as a child how
1:42.0	big it was but I knew that everyone was happy that this
1:45.0	was a big deal.
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