VIDEO: Kamala Harris Speech Shows Support For Women, Voting Rights

Vice President-elect Kamala Devi Harris has made history by not only becoming the highest-ranking woman in the nation’s history, but also by becoming the first Black vice president and the first woman of Indian heritage.

Democrat Joe Biden won the presidency on Saturday afternoon after days of vote-counting for several swing states. The victory for Biden and Harris comes four years after Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election.

In her acceptance speech on Saturday night in Delaware, Harris spoke about the conclusion of a long election week. She not only gave thanks to the voters, the campaign team and the new president-elect Joe Biden, but also thanked the women that paved the way for this moment in history.

“Women who fought and sacrificed so much for equality, liberty, and justice for all, including the Black women, who are too often overlooked, but so often prove that they are the backbone of our democracy," Harris said.

“All the women who worked to secure and protect the right to vote for over a century: 100 years ago with the 19th Amendment, 55 years ago with the Voting Rights Act, and now, in 2020, with a new generation of women in our country who cast their ballots and continued the fight for their fundamental right to vote and be heard.”

She also seemed to pay homage to Clinton, who had spoken of optimism for women in her 2016 concession speech.

"But while I may be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last," Harris said. "Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities."