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Sep 13, 2020 · Shyamala Gopalan had been born the same year as Mr. Harris, in another British colony on the other side of the planet. But her view of the colonial system was more sheltered, the view of a senior ...
Feb 10, 2019 · Harris regularly describes her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, as the most important influence on her life. A breast cancer researcher from India who had a powerful presence despite her five-foot ...
Shyamala Gopalan was a pioneering woman of colour in America, a scientist and an activist. She was also Vice-President Kamala Harris's mother and her "greatest influence".
Sep 16, 2020 · Shyamala Gopalan (left) and Kamala Harris. ... Kamala's childhood — spent in late 1960s and early 1970s Berkeley — helped form who she is today, she has said. ... was described in an obituary ...
Jul 31, 2024 · When Shyamala Gopalan approached her father with an acceptance letter to the University of California, Berkeley and announced her dream of becoming a scientist, she was just 19 years old. It was an unusual move by a woman whose own barrier-breaking choices would allow her daughter, Kamala Harris, to do the same.
Jul 31, 2024 · Shyamala Gopalan figures large in Vice President Harris’ life story — and her motivation to break barriers in politics. Politics The story behind the woman who inspired Harris to break barriers
After his talk, he met Shyamala Gopalan (1938–2009), a graduate student in nutrition and endocrinology from India at UC Berkeley who was in the audience. [39] According to Harris, "We talked then, continued to talk at a subsequent meeting, and at another, and another." [39] In July 1963, he married Shyamala. [39]
