California Attorney General Kamala Harris has made lots of headlines in the

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has made lots of headlines in the last month for getting “best-looking” praise from President Obama and right now, Time Magazine is giving her a real honor. Harris has been named to the Time 100, the list of the most influential people on the planet.

The California Attorney General is included in a crowd of California leaders in culture, politics and business who include Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk, and California Air Resources Board chair Mary Nichols, who is lauded as the “Thomas Edison of environmentalism.”

Harris’ naming is especially interesting because the Time essay which accompanies her photo was written by House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who was, of course, the first woman to serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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As a child, Kamala accompanied her parents to civil rights marches in Oakland. She’s been making strides for justice — and breaking down barriers — ever since.

In 2010, after seven years as San Francisco district attorney, she became the first African American, first South Asian and first woman to be elected California attorney general.

She has expanded the smart-on-crime approach she pioneered as DA, taking dangerous guns off the street and targeting human trafficking.

She took on big banks to secure a bill of rights for California homeowners and up to $20 billion to help struggling families, and she has taken bold action to protect immigrant rights and consumer privacy.

The child who witnessed the civil rights movement from a stroller has taken a lead role in the fight for marriage equality by challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8.

As a new generation of women picks up the mantle of progress, she will always be among the first to stand up and step forward.

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