Marilyn Strickland first woman sworn into Congress wearing traditional Korean hanbok
Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-Wash.), who last year became one of the first Korean American women to win election to Congress, was sworn in on Sunday wearing a traditional Korean hanbok. Strickland’s office said she is the first representative to wear a hanbok during her swearing-in ceremony, doing so in “honor of her maternal heritage.” “As a woman of both…