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A Quizbook of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun
A Quizbook of Jewish Trivia Facts & Fun
Senator Dianne Feinstein died at the age of 90, just hours after casting a vote on the floor of the United States Senate, where she served since 1992 as California’s first female senator. Among the issues that Senator Feinstein promoted were HIV/AIDS funding, women’s reproductive health needs, gun control, and support of immigrants, including introducing legislation to repeal President Trump’s Muslim travel ban. In addition to being California’s first female senator, Feinstein’s biography incudes many other firsts. She was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Franciso’s first female mayor, and the first woman to chair the Select Committee on Intelligence. What other firsts were part of Dianne Feinstein’s biography?
Dianne Feinstein in November 2014 by Benjamin Dunn is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED via Wikimedia Commons
A. She was the first female president of the Stanford University Law Review.
B. She was the first woman to preside over a United States presidential inauguration, that of Barack Obama.
C. She was the first female president of Mount Zion Synagogue in San Francisco.
D. She was the first woman to officially nominate a presidential candidate, nominating Al Gore at the Democratic Convention held in Los Angeles in 2000.
E. She was the first Jewish student to graduate from the Convent of the Sacred Heart High School.
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