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\"Whether she understood it or not, it was still there\" she added. \"It was still a moment for her.\"

Harris, 56, is the daughter of immigrants. Her mother is Indian and her father is Jamaican.

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Harris has already achieved several historic milestones throughout her career. She was the first African-American woman to be elected district attorney of San Francisco, serving from 2004 to 2010. And in 2011, she became the first woman, first African-American and first Asian-American to serve as California's attorney general.

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Harris has been a U.S. senator representing California since 2016.

Faith Hagedorn of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is another parent who shared a photo of her daughter watching Harris' acceptance of the title of U.S. vice president.

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\"Gretchen, my 6-year-old daughter pictured, asked after witnessing the speech, 'Mom, what if the president and vice president were both women?'\" Hagedorn told \"GMA.\" \"This historic moment opened up possibilities to her.\"

Other parents shared similar images and used hashtags such as #girlpower and #representationmatters.

Bailey-Palmer in particular said her daughter Diana's picture moved people to tears .

ABC News' Meredith Deliso contributed to this report.

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