A former San Francisco supervisor recalls Sen. Dianne Feinstein's rise through politics and her legacy.
A pivotal moment in Senator Dianne Feinstein's career included the moments following the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk.
"Dianne was always elegant, charming, graceful, the most together person that you could possibly imagine, you have to remember that she was breaking glass ceilings before I was doing so," said Silver, a civil rights attorney and activist."She became a supervisor at a time when people said 'Oh, girls don't get to be supervisors.'"
Silver said, when she learned of her death, she knew that she was at the end of her ability to function as a public official.
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