A Woman to Know: Althea Garrison
I don't have time for this today. — Althea Gibson, hanging up on a reporter asking questions about her gender identity
(image via Wikimedia Commons)
Althea kept losing. In 1991, after 10 failed bids for office, Althea ran again: this time, as a Republican, for a seat in the Massachusetts state legislature. After just one year in office, however, a viciou…
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