Annette Blackwell and Gigi Traore are both mayors; Blackwell leads Maple Heights, and Traore leads Newburgh Heights; both ladies are the first Black women to hold the role in their towns.
NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, Ohio — Carrying the title of being the first to do anything is a heavy responsibility to tote; Annette Blackwell and Gigi Traore know the weight firsthand.Blackwell and Traore's commonalities reach far beyond the color of their skin and gender. Blackwell and Traore are both mayors; Blackwell leads Maple Heights, and Traore leads Newburgh Heights; both ladies are the first Black women to hold the role in their towns.
"That's actually what motivated me," said Blackwell."I'm not a CPA, but I have a strong financial background; I believed I could do something different." Today, Traore said she holds her role with high integrity, and while it's already tough to be a woman in the workplace, as a chief executive of a town, she still often finds herself teaching people how to talk to her.
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