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Ilhan Omar

January 10, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Ilhan Omar

The First Muslim Woman in the US Legislature

Omar was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 2016 election, making her the first Muslim woman, and the first Somali-American, to be a legislator.

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