WASHINGTON – A Sikh woman has been elected for the first time as a council member of California’s Yuba City that has one of the largest concentration of Sikhs in the US.
The first woman of Sikh descent to be elected as Yuba City council woman, Preet Didbal was sworn in by her daughter, Arianna Khan and her mother, Gurbaksh Didbal.
“This is a big day. It is very emotional and I still can’t believe it,” Didbal was quoted as saying by KCRA 3 News.
Currently a correctional health care services manager in the California Department of Corrections, Didbal said she encountered some traditional thinking during her campaign and was taken aback.
“Women have always been more subservient. I hope to educate young girls not to be so. It’s exciting to be an example,” Didbal said.
