Kamala Harris Inaugurated As California Attorney General

California Attorney General Kamala Harris (left) with U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein

Kamala Devi Harris was sworn in as the first female, first African-American and first Asian-American state attorney general today.

Harris, 46, was San Francisco's District Attorney from 2004-2011, and is the daughter of a Jamaican father and a Tamil Indian mother. She is unmarried.

Obama Nominates Elena Kagan To SCOTUS

Kagan is only 50-years-old and would become the 4th woman ever on the nation's highest court, with 3 serving simultaneously for the first time.

I think she's a lesbian, and so do other people. Whether this will prevent her from being on the Court is anyone's guess. Regardless of whether she is a lesbian or not, having another single woman (Sonia Sotomayor was briefly married and now is a permanent divorcee) on the nation's highest court will do wonders for gender equity in this country.

17 Women U.S. Senators and 6 Women Governors

There has been tremendous advances by female politicans in recent years and MSNBC's First Read has been running interesting facts about women and politics all week long. There are now 17 female U.S. Senators and 6 female Governors:

Governors
Jan Brewer of AZ
Jodi Rell of CT
Linda Lingle of HI
Jennifer Granholm of MI
Bev Perdue of NC
Chris Gregoire of WA

Senators
Lisa Murkowski of AK
Blanche Lincoln of AR
Barbara Boxer of CA
Dianne Feinstein of CA
Mary Landrieu of LA
Susan Collins of ME
Olympia Snowe of ME
Barbara Mikulski of MD
Debbie Stabenow of MI
Amy Klobuchar of MN
Claire McCaskill of MO
Kay Hagan of NC
Jeanne Shaheen of NH
Kirsten Gillibrand of NY
Kay Bailey Hutchison of TX
Patty Murray of WA
Maria Cantwell of WA

When do you think we will have a female President? The group She Should Run is trying to encourage women to consider running for public office.