Attributing Success To Her Mother, Kamala Harris Says, 바카라�She Was Fighter For Women바카라�

During a podcast conversation with the former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, Harris said, 바카라�There are so many stories I could tell about her that have influenced who I am. My mother was a fighter for women her entire life. Her specialty was breast cancer, and, you know, before I was probably aware of it, I was hearing her passion for the importance of women receiving dignity in the health care system.바카라�

Harris, 55, is the first-ever Black, African-American, and Indian-American woman to be the vice-presidential candidate of a major political party.

Harris' mother Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer biologist came from India to the US at the age of 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer.

바카라�She saw the impact of the non-violent Gandhian movement, and so coming to Berkeley and being attracted to, you know, the Civil Rights Movement would just be a continuation for her,바카라� said the former Secretary of State.

 바카라�She had a huge presence, and she raised us, my sister, Maya, and me. She raised us with, you know, certain principles. And one was that it is your duty. Not 바카라� you know, not - you're not being charitable or benevolent,바카라� Harris said.

바카라�It is your duty to concern yourself with the condition of other people and to help them, and so it was never a debatable point. It was literally, you know, because duty is, you know, for those of us who feel strongly about duty, it's not a choice,바카라� she added.

During the conversation, Harris fondly remembered her childhood days.

바카라�Oh, it was profound. I'll never forget one night she came home 바카라� Maya and I were what you call latchkey kids, right? We'd come home after school and my mother would come home hours later. But when we came home after school, there were always fresh baked cookies,바카라� Harris said amidst laughter.

Harris told Clinton that her mother was the eldest among her siblings.

She grew up at a time where she was expected that her accomplishments would be to get married and have children.

But she wanted to study science and she wanted to cure cancer.

바카라�She convinced my grandfather that one of the best schools to learn was UC Berkeley. Without my grandfather knowing, actually, she applied and got accepted... And then informed my grandfather that this had happened,바카라� Harris said.

"Later my grandfather told my mother that if this is what you want to do, then I will not stand in your way. And so having never been to the United States, my mother got on a plane at the age of 19 by herself and arrived in Berkeley, California,바카라� she said.

바카라�And immediately because of how she was raised and who she was, she just became attracted to the Civil Rights Movement that was starting to really evolve in a very passionate way in Berkeley and Oakland, California. And, you know, my mother was all of five feet. I joke that if you ever met her, you would have thought she was, you know, seven feet tall. But I don't actually don't know if she was exactly five feet,바카라� Harris said.