what is an example of the glass ceiling 
there are many examples of glass ceilings that individuals have broken through kamala harris shattered a glass ceiling when she became the first woman vice president of the united states she is also the first black person and the first person of south asian descent to be elected to the role of vice president from the first u s presidential election in 1789 until the early 21st century no black person served as president it was not until the passage of the voting rights act of 1965 that all black people could vote 11 however in 2008 barack obama became the first african american to be elected president of the united states 