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Defense Visual Information Service, Abuhena Saifulislam, First Muslim Chaplain in US Marine Corps, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Year 2014

From Wikipedia: Commander Abuhena Saifulislam is a Bangladeshi-American who is the first Muslim Naval Officer appointed as an imam chaplain serving…

Tags: Chaplain, Imam, Islam, Marine Corps, Navy, United States

WHYY - PBS - NJ Spotlight, Sadaf Jaffer, First Muslim Woman to serve as US Mayor, NJ Spotlight, May-19

From her website: Sadaf Jaffer is a scholar, activist, and elected official. Dr. Jaffer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University…

Tags: Islam, Mayor, New Jersey, Pakistani-American, South Asia, Women

US House of Representatives, Judy Chu, US House of Representatives, Jan-14

From Wikipedia: Judy Chu is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for California's 27th congressional district, serving in Congress since…

Tags: California, Chinese-American, Education, House of Representatives, Women

Chris McAndrew, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Athlete and Charity Patron, UK Parliament, Mar-18

From Wikipedia: Tanni Grey-Thompson is a Welsh politician, television presenter and former wheelchair racer. Grey-Thompson was born with spina bifida…

Tags: Athletes, Charity, Disabled, Parliament, UK, United Kingdom, Women

US Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, First Cuban-American to serve in US Congress (House of Reps.), US Congress, 2017

From Biography: Born in Cuba in 1952 and later immigrating to the United States at age eight, Ros-Lehtinen grew up with an anti-Castro activist father…

Tags: Cuba, Florida, Hispanic-American, House of Representatives, LGBT, Women

Time, Jose Andres, Chef and Humanitarian, Time, 2012

From Readers Digest: Critically acclaimed chef JosAndr came to the United States from Spain in 1991 and began a long career of award-winning culinary…

Tags: Chef, Culinary, Disaster Relief, Haiti, Hispanic-American, Puerto Rico

South Florida Business Journal, Darrin P. Gayles, First Gay African-American to serve on Federal Judiciary, South Florida Business Journal, 2018

From Ballotpedia: Darrin P. Gayles is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is the first…

Tags: African-American, Darrin Gayles, Florida, Judge, Judicial Branch, LGBT

Department of Commerce, Amanda Simpson, First Openly Transgender Woman Political Appointee, Department of Commerce, 2010

From Wikipedia: Amanda Simpson is Vice-President for Research and Technology at Airbus Americas and was the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of…

Tags: Amanda Simpson, Army, Department of Defense, Energy, LGBT, Transgender

US House Office of Photography, Kyrsten Sinema, First Openly Bisexual Person elected to US Senate, US Congress, August of 2018

From Wikipedia: Kyrsten Sinema is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona since 2019. A member of the…

Tags: Arizona, House of Representatives, LGBT, US Senator, Women

U.S. Congress, 1868- Congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey, First African American U.S. Representative, House of Representatives, Unknown

Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives, the second…

Tags: African-American, Civil Rights, House of Representatives, Joseph Rainey, U.S. Congress