Laurie Jinkins Sworn In As First Woman Speaker Of Washington

The Washington legislature opened its 2020 session on Monday in Olympia, Washington. Many legislature members marched into the Washington State Legislature’s session wearing white to honour the women’s suffrage movements. Soon after, Democratic Representative Laurie Jinkins of Tacoma was sworn in as the house speaker. She became the first woman and the first lesbian to take up this role, the Herald Net reported.