Kamala Harris

The portrait of a self-confident, strong and intelligent woman: The first German-language biography of Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris is the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the United States. In this biography, Dan Morain writes about her path to becoming the most powerful woman in the country. As a journalist who accompanied her on this path for many years, he understands better than anyone what events shaped Kamala Harris and led to the convictions she resolutely stands for. He shows what it meant for her to grow up as the daughter of an Indian and a Jamaican in the California of the 1960s and 1970s, how she first became Attorney General of California, then a U.S. Senator and finally Vice President alongside Joe Biden. Dan Morain's biography also shows that her path was not free of defeats and setbacks: Kamala Harris has loyal supporters and bitter opponents. She wanted to become president and "only" became vice president - and yet she is the hope of many, especially black Americans, because Kamala Harris' path shows what they can achieve in their country. "You may be first in many things, but make sure you're never last." Shyamala Harris, often quoted by her daughter Kamala "I may be the first woman in office, but I will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that anything is possible in this country." Kamala Harris in her victory speech on November 7, 2020.