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CHICAGO (AP) — If you think you’re seeing a lot of women wearing white during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, you don’t need to adjust your television set.
There appeared to be a coordinated effort among female delegates and Democratic supporters as they arrived at the United Center on Thursday afternoon, with security lines and convention floor seats filling up with women clad in white suits, dresses and other attire.
So when Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage for to accept the Democratic presidential nomination — becoming the first Black woman, and only the second woman overall, to do so — she will be looking out across a sea filled with the color of women’s suffrage, the movement that culminated with American women securing the right to vote in 1920.
The homage is a couture callback to other momentous political events in which women wearing white has played a role, particularly for other glass ceiling moments.
Hillary Clinton donned a white suit when she accepted the Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. And Geraldine Ferraro — the first female candidate for vice president — wore white when she accepted that nomination at Democrats’ 1984 convention.
It’s the fourth and final day of the DNC. Here’s what to know:
- Catch up on Night 3: The DNC barreled into its third day with a lineup headlined by former President Bill Clinton and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The final speaker was Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, introducing himself as Harris’ running mate. Here are the takeaways.
- What to watch today: Vice President Kamala Harris will accept her party’s nomination during a speech in which she is widely expected to offer her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
- In photos: The Democratic Party celebrity supporters have repeatedly lent their glamor and opened their wallets to the party. Now the party is teaming up with those who have attained renown in a decidedly 21st-century way: online. A look at influencers and speakers at the 2024 DNC.
- Protesters rallied and marched on Night 3 of the DNC: More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched Wednesday past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier and toward the arena.
- Live updates: Follow The AP’s live coverage and analysis from the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
There have been other moments, too. In 2019, the women of the U.S. House put on a visual display of solidarity during the State of the Union, joined by some of their male colleagues clad in white jackets or ribbons in support. A year later, on the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage, congressional women yet again donned white, as a commitment to defending women’s rights overall.
And again, earlier this year, the Democratic Women’s Caucus announced that many of its members would wear white to the State of the Union, intended as a message in support of reproductive rights.
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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://x.com/MegKinnardAP
▶ Follow the AP’s live coverage and analysis from the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
It’s the fourth and final day of the DNC. Here’s what to know:
- Catch up on Night 3: The DNC barreled into its third day with a lineup headlined by former President Bill Clinton and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The final speaker was Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, introducing himself as Harris’ running mate. Here are the takeaways.
- What to watch today: Vice President Kamala Harris will accept her party’s nomination during a speech in which she is widely expected to offer her vision and policy agenda to the American people.
- In photos: The Democratic Party celebrity supporters have repeatedly lent their glamor and opened their wallets to the party. Now the party is teaming up with those who have attained renown in a decidedly 21st-century way: online. A look at influencers and speakers at the 2024 DNC.
- Protesters rallied and marched on Night 3 of the DNC: More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched Wednesday past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier and toward the arena.
- Live updates: Follow The AP’s live coverage and analysis from the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
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