"📣#throwbackthursday on this day in 1978 Muriel Humphrey became the first and only Second Lady of the United States to take up the Vice President's Senate seat after the death of her husband Hubert Humphrey. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ She pressed for the right for women to choose to have an abortion and worked towards legislation for the rights of the mentally disabled. In reflection of her time in office she said, ""I'm a liberal and I'm proud of it."" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #womensequality #femalefirsts #metoo #timesup #womensrights #womensequality #womensequality"
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